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- DictionaryEn·dow/inˈdou/
verb
- 1. provide with a quality, ability, or asset: "he was endowed with tremendous physical strength"
- 2. give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution): "he endowed the Church with lands"
The meaning of ENDOW is to furnish with an income; especially : to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of. How to use endow in a sentence.
ENDOW meaning: 1. to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an…. Learn more.
Endow definition: to provide with a permanent fund or source of income. See examples of ENDOW used in a sentence.
ENDOW definition: 1. to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an…. Learn more.
If you've been endowed with something, it means you've been given a gift — most likely a gift that can't be returned or exchanged, like a sense of humor or athletic ability or trust. We usually use endow to refer to an ability or a quality, but you can endow someone with money, too.
1. to provide with a permanent fund or source of income, as by a donation: to endow a college. 2. to furnish, as with some talent, faculty, or quality; equip. 3. Obs. to provide with a dower.
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.
endow something to give a large sum of money to a school, a college or another institution to provide it with an income. In her will, she endowed a scholarship in the physics department.
You say that someone is endowed with a particular desirable ability, characteristic, or possession when they have it by chance or by birth. You are endowed with wealth, good health, and a lively intellect.
ENDOW meaning: 1. to have a particular quality or characteristic: 2. to give a large amount of money to a…. Learn more.
