endow

verb

en·dow | \ in-ˈdau̇

, en-\

endowed; endowing; endows

Definition of endow

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

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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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Preachers began to tell anecdotes about deceitful Jewish misers who consorted with the devil; artists began to visualize such tales in grotesque and frightening detail, endowing their Jewish villains with distinctively fleshy and bestial features. — Sara Lipton, The New York Review of Books, "A Terribly Durable Myth," 17 June 2019 Linder creates characters richly endowed with animosity: Aimé Donna Kelly in particular offers an incisive portrait of outrage barely under wraps as Ayesha, a mother of three who is not happy to learn the circumstances of Laurel’s pregnancy. — Peter Marks, Washington Post, "I’m not rejoicing over a play produced by the Kennedy Center. Here’s why.," 13 June 2019 Slender and endowed with an open, expressive face the camera loves, Fails is a natural on the screen, exuding a beatific presence that earns immediate empathy. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Review: ‘Last Black Man’ is a lyrical, beautiful ode to loss," 13 June 2019 Eurasia’s horizontal axis allowed plants and germs to spread easily along latitudinal belts, endowing its inhabitants with large populations, powerful technologies, and fiercely contagious diseases (useful weapons in colonizing foreign lands). — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Republic, "All Over the Map," 11 June 2019 Played by Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones, the character is based on the real-life Lister, a lesbian landowner in nineteenth-century England endowed with the gift of gab who kept meticulous diaries about her life. — Jill Gutowitz, Glamour, "Gentleman Jack Is a Period Drama I’ve Been Waiting My Whole Life to See," 22 Apr. 2019 But imagine a cartoon replica of yourself — endowed with Charlie Chaplin’s gifts for physical comedy and a 13-year-old YouTuber’s choreographic repertoire — standing on your desk, or in your bed or on your Labradoodle. — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, "At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality," 14 June 2018 Michel Roux, a Frenchman who got his start in the hotel industry and once worked as a dishwasher, pulled off the remarkable feat of endowing vodka with snob appeal. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "Michel Roux Gave Snob Appeal to Vodka With Ever-Changing Absolut Ads," 17 May 2019 Smith had previously gifted Morehouse College $1.5 million early this year to endow scholarships. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Billionaire Robert F. Smith Will Pay Off the Student Debt of Morehouse College's 2019 Graduates," 20 May 2019

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endow

verb

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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endow

verb

en·dow | \ in-ˈdau̇

endowed; endowing

Kids Definition of endow

1 : to provide with money for support The millionaire endowed a scholarship.

2 : to provide with something freely or naturally Humans are endowed with reason.

endow

transitive verb

en·dow | \ in-ˈdau̇

Legal Definition of endow

: 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