About The Word Endow
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Endow
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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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