endowed; endowing; endows
1
: to furnish with an income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
endow a hospital
2
: to furnish with a dower
3
: to provide with something freely or naturally
endowed with a good sense of humor
Examples of endow in a Sentence
The wealthy couple endowed a new wing of the hospital.
She plans to endow a faculty position at the university.
The money will be used to endow the museum and research facility.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
The university will also require mandatory student training on antisemitism awareness and endow a chair of Jewish studies.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
Arkansas Children's Hospital has received a $1 million gift from the Bale family to endow a chair that honors two distinguished doctors, according to a media release.
—Keelin Fisher, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2025
The philanthropist and felon endowed L.A. with what was then the largest urban park in the world and still remains a jewel of the city.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for endow
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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endow
verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇ 
1
: to provide with money for support or maintenance
2
: to furnish with something freely or naturally
humans are endowed with reason
Legal Definition
endow
transitive verb
en·dow
in-ˈdau̇
: to furnish with income
especially
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
a scholarship endowed by the testator
Etymology
Anglo-French endower, from Old French en-, prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot-, dos gift, dowry
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