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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)
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