endow
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Alternative forms [edit]
- indow (archaic)
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman endover, en- + Old French douer (from Latin dotare).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
endow (third-person singular simple present endows, present participle endowing, simple past and past participle endowed)
- 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.
- 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.
- To bestow freely.
- To be furnished with something naturally.
- She was endowed with a beautiful voice.
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Translations [edit]
to furnish with money or its equivalent
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to enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift
to be furnished with something naturally
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