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   En·dow

   /inˈdou/

   

   verb

   • 1. provide with a quality, ability, or asset: "he was endowed with tremendous physical strength" Similar providesupplyfurnishequipinvestgivepresentfavorblessgraceawardgiftconferbestowenricharmliterary:endue
   • ▪ have breasts or a penis of specified size: informal "I had two brothers who were both better endowed than me"
   • 2. give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution): "he endowed the Church with lands"
   • ▪ establish (a university post, annual prize, etc.) by donating the funds needed to maintain it: "he endowed three chairs at Liverpool University" Similar financefundpay fordonate money forgive money towardprovide capital forsubsidizesupport financiallybequeath money forleave money forsettle money onestablishset upinstituteput in placeinitiatestartcreatebring into beinginformal:fork out forshell out forcough up forchip in forpitch in forstump up forante up forkick in forpony up for

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘provide a dower or dowry’; formerly also as indow): from legal Anglo-Norman French endouer, from en- ‘in, towards’ + Old French douer ‘give as a gift’ (from Latin dotare: see dower).

   Derivatives

   • 1. endower noun

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