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endow
[en-dou]
verb (used with object)
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income.
to endow a college.
to furnish, as with some talent, faculty, or quality; equip.
Nature has endowed her with great ability.
Synonyms: , ,Obsolete.to provide with a dower.
verb (used without object)
(of a life-insurance policy) to become payable; yield its conditions.
endow
/ ɪˈ岹ʊ /
verb
to provide with or bequeath a source of permanent income
(usually foll by with) to provide (with qualities, characteristics, etc)
obsoleteto provide with a dower
Other Word Forms
- endower noun
- reendow verb (used with object)
- superendow verb (used with object)
- unendowing adjective
- ˈǷɱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of endow1
Example Sentences
“Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world-class hater,” Moran wrote his post, which has been deleted.
"That’s not what’s interesting about Miller. It’s not brains. It’s bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world-class hater."
In three short minutes, the trio rattled off half a dozen memorable hooks, endowed with the unbreakable bond of their friendship.
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
Another place Trump has had his eye on is Greenland - which is endowed with the eighth largest reserves of rare earth elements.
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