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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With an $18 million gift, the couple endowed the Texas Center for Writers, which was renamed the Michener Center after his death in 1997.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
Your messaging could be endowed with extra sweetness and guided wisdom now.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
But only protein is endowed with a special kind of redemptive power.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
Your messaging could be endowed with extra sweetness and guided wisdom now.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
But only protein is endowed with a special kind of redemptive power.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Like a superhero movie set in a small town, Encanto is the story of a Colombian family whose children are endowed with magical abilities.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 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 26 Jan. 2026.
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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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