Definition of endow
transitive verb
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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A shy woman (Halle Berry), endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
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Mr. Soros, a benefactor of civil society groups in his native Hungary and elsewhere, founded the C.E.U. in 1991 and endowed it to operate as an independent American institution in Hungary.
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Its wild mercantilism put Genoa in contact with the world, endowing it with the wealth and architectural and artistic grandeur of a city like Venice, and the grit of a port city like Marseille.
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Congress can choose another way: Deregulating industry will provide women with more professional choices, and amending rigid labor laws will endow employers with the flexibility to provide flexibility.
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Pritzker and his wife gave $100 million to Northwestern’s law school, which included endowing the wrongful conviction center.
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Along with this generous funding comes grants from more than a dozen foundations, including one handsomely endowed by financier-philanthropist George Soros.
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Origin and Etymology of endow
Middle English, from Anglo-French endower, from en- + dower, douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot-, dos gift, dowry — more at date
First Known Use: 14th century
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ENDOW Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of endow for English Language Learners
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: to give a large amount of money to a school, hospital, etc., in order to pay for the creation or continuing support of (something)
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: to freely or naturally provide (someone or something) with something
ENDOW Defined for Kids
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endowed
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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.
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endow
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: 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
Origin and Etymology of endow
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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