Endow

En-dow′

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Endowed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Endowing

.]

[OF.

endouer

; pref.

en-

(L.

in

) + F.

douer

to endow, L.

dotare

. See

Dower

, and cf. 2d

Endue

.]

1.

To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower;

as, to

endow

a wife; to

endow

a public institution.

Endowing

hospitals and almshouses.

Bp. Stillingfleet.

2.

To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); – followed by with, rarely by of;

as, man is

endowed

by his Maker with reason; to

endow

with privileges or benefits.

Endow

ENDOW'

,

Verb.

T.

[L. dos, doto, or a different Celtic root.]

1.

To furnish with a portion of goods or estate, called dower; to settle a dower on, as on a married woman or widow.

A wife is by law entitled to be endowed of all lands and tenements, of which her husband was seized in fee simple or fee tail during the coverture.

2.

To settle on, as a permanent provision; to furnish with a permanent fund of property; as, to endow a church; to endow a college with a fund to support a professor.

3.

To enrich or furnish with any gift, quality or faculty; to indue. Man is endowed by his maker with reason.

endow

English

Alternative forms

indow (archaic)

Verb

endow ‎(third-person singular simple present endows, present participle endowing, simple past and past participle endowed)

To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); — followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.
To bestow freely.
To be furnished with something naturally.
She was endowed with a beautiful voice.