endowed; endowing; endows
1
: to furnish with an income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
endow a hospital
2
: to furnish with a dower
3
: to provide with something freely or naturally
endowed with a good sense of humor
Examples of endow in a Sentence
The wealthy couple endowed a new wing of the hospital.
She plans to endow a faculty position at the university.
The money will be used to endow the museum and research facility.
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Even in the character’s most transparently manipulative moments, Pearce endows him with a seductive conviviality—a bracing largeness of spirit.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
When Saudi Arabia, endowed with plentiful reserves of oil and gas, scrambles to build nuclear power plants, the country is not meeting its energy needs.
—Thomas Bass
author, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Proceeds from the sale, about $4 million, were used to endow two professorships and four graduate fellowships.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
McNEAL: You’re endowed with abilities, physical traits.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
When Saudi Arabia, endowed with plentiful reserves of oil and gas, scrambles to build nuclear power plants, the country is not meeting its energy needs.
—Thomas Bass
author, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Proceeds from the sale, about $4 million, were used to endow two professorships and four graduate fellowships.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
McNEAL: You’re endowed with abilities, physical traits.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for endow
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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endow
verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇ 
1
: to provide with money for support or maintenance
2
: to furnish with something freely or naturally
humans are endowed with reason
Legal Definition
endow
transitive verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇
: to furnish with income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
a scholarship endowed by the testator
Etymology
Anglo-French endower, from Old French en-, prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot-, dos gift, dowry
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