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 $1 million contribution, provided by the Bale family, established the hospital's Pediatric Interventional Radiology endowed chair.
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Keelin Fisher, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2025
The gift, made in November 2024, will endow two professorships within the Department of Neurology.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Photographed by Huy Luong The requisite lady of good fortune—here, a family friend endowed with blessings both material and familial—then combed Cheng’s hair with a vintage gold Buccellati comb for extra-lucky combing.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
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Keelin Fisher, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2025
The gift, made in November 2024, will endow two professorships within the Department of Neurology.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Photographed by Huy Luong The requisite lady of good fortune—here, a family friend endowed with blessings both material and familial—then combed Cheng’s hair with a vintage gold Buccellati comb for extra-lucky combing.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 3 Jul. 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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