en·dow
| \ in-ˈdau̇
, en- \
, 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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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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Keep Stanford Wrestling has been proactive, raising pledges to endow the program, planning to start a women’s program, and exploring legal options.
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Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, "For Stanford's century-old wrestling program, no foe is tougher than its own university," 25 Feb. 2021
Saul Scherl, president of the New York tri-state region for Howard Hughes, said the proposal also includes community space and $50 million to help endow the South Street Seaport Museum.
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Irene Plagianos, WSJ, "Developer’s $1.4 Billion Plan for Towers in New York’s Historic Seaport District Sparks Controversy," 30 Dec. 2020
This instability, which is the hallmark of spontaneous scalarization, is expected to endow the black hole with scalar hair.
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, "New Experiment Utterly Alters What We Know About Black Holes," 14 Dec. 2020
In 2019, the Sentry Foundation committed $2 million to endow the Sentry Deanship at the Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin in Wausau.
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Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Sentry says community involvement is its culture. That led to a Deloitte Wisconsin 75 Distinguished Performer Award.," 17 Nov. 2020
Exceptional Friend of the Foundation Award – Dr. Adrienne Butler, who made a sizable donation to endow a scholarship in the name of her late husband, Dr. William Pelz, a long-time professor of European history and political science.
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chicagotribune.com, "Elgin News Digest," 30 Oct. 2020
But, while social critics can endow boredom with a certain potent charge, many people downplay or deny their own ordinary experience of it.
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, "What Does Boredom Do to Us—and for Us?," 20 Aug. 2020
Sovereign wealth funds could endow the states with a permanent source of revenue, even when the oil stops flowing.
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Michael J. Coren, Quartz, "The American West’s economy has a lot in common with Saudi Arabia," 1 Aug. 2020
With 250 horsepower and 320 lb-ft of torque, this engine will endow the 3 compact with a whole lot more grunt—but sadly for enthusiasts, the turbo 3 is not intended as a performance model.
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Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, "2021 Mazda 3 2.5 Turbo Has 250 HP, Standard AWD," 8 July 2020
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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
See the full definition for endow in the English Language Learners Dictionary
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
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