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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According to the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, one of the unalienable rights we are endowed with is the right to life.
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Moti Mizrahi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Being the first Obama, culturally speaking, means that Winfrey was never endowed with the immense power of the actual Obama.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
However, Rafael Jimenez-Flores, PhD, the J.T. Parker endowed chair for dairy foods in the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University, stresses the importance of reinstating the proficiency testing program as soon as possible.
—Parents, 9 May 2025
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Moti Mizrahi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Being the first Obama, culturally speaking, means that Winfrey was never endowed with the immense power of the actual Obama.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
However, Rafael Jimenez-Flores, PhD, the J.T. Parker endowed chair for dairy foods in the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University, stresses the importance of reinstating the proficiency testing program as soon as possible.
—Parents, 9 May 2025
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 29 May. 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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