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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The solar system is far more richly endowed by resources than everyday experience might suggest.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Caroline Turco, a lawyer representing Portland, said during opening arguments that the evidence would show that the city does not need the National Guard, while the government contended that Congress endowed the president with vast latitude to decide when calling in the troops is warranted.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
James said the law and court precedent don’t support Sanders’ arguments, stating the authority the governor is asserting has been endowed on her office through laws passed by the General Assembly, so that power could never be absolute like the governor claimed.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Caroline Turco, a lawyer representing Portland, said during opening arguments that the evidence would show that the city does not need the National Guard, while the government contended that Congress endowed the president with vast latitude to decide when calling in the troops is warranted.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
James said the law and court precedent don’t support Sanders’ arguments, stating the authority the governor is asserting has been endowed on her office through laws passed by the General Assembly, so that power could never be absolute like the governor claimed.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 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 7 Nov. 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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