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Endow

Endow Meaning & Definition
Endow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Endow?

[v] furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"
[v] give qualities or abilities to

Synonyms | Synonyms for Endow: dower | empower | endue | gift | indue | invest

Related Terms | Find terms related to Endow: accommodate | accord | afford | arm | authorize | award | back | bequeath | bestow | bless with | clothe | clothe with power | confer | contribute | deputize | donate | dower | empower | enable | endow with | endue | enhance | enrich | favor with | fill | fill up | finance | find | found | fund | furnish | give | grace with | grant | heighten | invest | keep | maintain | make available | make provision for | organize | prepare | present | promote | provide | provide for | recruit | replenish | settle on | settle upon | sponsor | stock | store | subscribe | subsidize | supply | support | vest | vest with | yield

See Also | benefice | cover | enable | gift | give | present

Endow In Webster's Dictionary

\En*dow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Endowing}.] [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See {Dower}, and cf. 2d {Endue}.] 1. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.

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