endow
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bless, endue (or indue), favor, gift, invest
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Capote’s central suggestion—that affection endows Christmas more grandly than things—might sound too precious by half, but the lyricism of his language makes his message compellingly plausible. — Danny Heitman, WSJ, "An Ode to Holiday Companionship," 21 Dec. 2018 Calculated Healing It’s still early, but in the last few years researchers have routinely endowed cells with rudimentary computing capabilities, says James Collins, another MIT bioengineer and one of the pioneers of synthetic biology. — Eric Smalley, Discover Magazine, "Cellular Cyborgs: How Programmable DNA Strands Might Control Healing," 25 Sep. 2018 Much like how new cars keep getting slowly but surely endowed with features like automatic emergency braking or lane keep, BMW apparently wants to start by just helping to cut down on the most avoidable accidents. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "BMW made a self-driving motorcycle," 12 Sep. 2018 Shaw had endowed his flower girl with a much greater gift than a good ear: the ability to be free of her own sculptor. — Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, "How Do Carousel and My Fair Lady Fare in 2018?," 8 July 2018 The resurgence of Russia as a threatening force in Europe recently has endowed the alliance with renewed purpose. — John Hudson, Washington Post, "U.S. assessing cost of keeping troops in Germany as Trump battles with Europe," 30 June 2018 The resurgence of Russia as a threatening force in Europe recently has endowed the alliance with renewed purpose. — chicagotribune.com, "U.S. assessing cost of keeping troops in Germany as Trump battles with Europe," 29 June 2018 In remembrance of his father, Mackay’s son Clarence endowed the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno. — Gregory Crouch, Smithsonian, "The Mining Millionaire Americans Couldn’t Help But Love," 6 June 2018 Niu endowed his foundation by taking the unprecedented step of putting into it all of his and his family’s shares in his company, China Mengniu Dairy. — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, "Meet the Chinese Philanthropists Who Are Pledging Big Money to End Climate Change," 25 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'endow.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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endow
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English Language Learners Definition of endow
: to give a large amount of money to a school, hospital, etc., in order to pay for the creation or continuing support of (something)
: to freely or naturally provide (someone or something) with something
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