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Definition of Endow
1. Verb. Give qualities or abilities to.
Generic synonyms: Enable
Specialized synonyms: Cover
Derivative terms: Endowment, Gift, Gift
2. Verb. Furnish with an endowment. "When she got married, she got dowered"
Generic synonyms: Gift, Give, Present
Specialized synonyms: Benefice
Derivative terms: Dower, Dower, Dowery, Endowment, Endowment
Definition of Endow
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Endow
1. Verb. 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. ¹
2. Verb. 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. ¹
3. Verb. To bestow freely. ¹
4. Verb. To be furnished with something naturally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endow
1. to provide with something [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Endow
1. 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. Origin: OF. Endouer; pref. En- (L. In) + F. Douer to endow, L. Dotare. See Dower, and cf. 2d Endue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endow
Literary usage of Endow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Philanthropy: A Study of Efficient Appealing and Giving by William Harvey Allen (1912)
"endow Men Via Institutions A man who is incapable of building around him an
institution is not a safe man to endow. Equally true it is that a man who can ..."
2. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn (1842)
"13, it HOW far mm was provided that nothing contained in it should make "it c'eo.
a/c^U lawful to found, endow or establish any religious order or society ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"... endow her to be his wife," by paying the dower into the hands of the father
after the marriage, ..."
4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1871)
"How do you endow a new church now ? You know a certain sum of money is often
given by one or more individuals. You know it is not done by the Statt;. ..."
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