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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At least two faculty positions in early childhood education will be endowed with $4 million, while $200,000 will support faculty research and external grant development, Drale said.
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Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2025
To be sure, the U.S. has a huge domestic market and is richly endowed with natural resources.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
Proceeds from the sale will be endowed and used to further the organization’s mission.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
There are no Harvard Business School endowed chairs for deals not done.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 July 2025
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Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 1 Aug. 2025
To be sure, the U.S. has a huge domestic market and is richly endowed with natural resources.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
Proceeds from the sale will be endowed and used to further the organization’s mission.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
There are no Harvard Business School endowed chairs for deals not done.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 July 2025
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 19 Aug. 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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