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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The prize is endowed by the Schmidts, who are collectors and patrons, through 2030.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
But in 2009, one of her former students, who has since passed away, endowed a scholarship in her name.
—Sarah Wyman, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
According to the second, the possession of vast military might—displayed for all to see in the 1990–91 Gulf War—endowed the United States with an unprecedented ability to establish (and enforce) the terms of world order.
—Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
This one is on Hochul, who failed to endow the investigation with the subpoena power necessary to compel testimony,
The public deserves to know which of their leaders shirked the duty to cooperate.
—Bill Hammond, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
But in 2009, one of her former students, who has since passed away, endowed a scholarship in her name.
—Sarah Wyman, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
According to the second, the possession of vast military might—displayed for all to see in the 1990–91 Gulf War—endowed the United States with an unprecedented ability to establish (and enforce) the terms of world order.
—Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
This one is on Hochul, who failed to endow the investigation with the subpoena power necessary to compel testimony,
The public deserves to know which of their leaders shirked the duty to cooperate.
—Bill Hammond, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
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 26 Jul. 2024.
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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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