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   endow

   /ɪnˈdaʊ/

   verb

   • 1. provide with a quality, ability, or asset: "he was endowed with tremendous physical strength" Similar providesupplyfurnishequipinvestgivepresentfavourblessgraceawardgiftconferbestowenricharmliterary:endue
   • ▪ have breasts or a penis of specified size: informal "I had two brothers who were both better endowed than me"
   • 2. give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution): "he endowed the Church with lands"
   • ▪ establish (a university post, annual prize, etc.) by donating the funds needed to maintain it: "he endowed three chairs at Liverpool University" Similar financefundpay fordonate money forgive money towardsprovide capital forsubsidizesupport financiallybequeath money forleave money forsettle money onestablishset upinstituteput in placeinitiatestartcreatebring into beinginformal:fork out forshell out forcough up forchip in forpitch in forstump up forante up forkick in forpony up for

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘provide a dower or dowry’; formerly also as indow): from legal Anglo-Norman French endouer, from en- ‘in, towards’ + Old French douer ‘give as a gift’ (from Latin dotare: see dower).

   Derivatives

   • 1. endower noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishENDOW | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   ENDOW definition: 1. to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an…. Learn more.

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   How to use endow in a sentence. to furnish with an income; especially : to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of; to furnish with a dower… See the full definition

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryENDOW | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   ENDOW meaning: 1. to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an…. Learn more.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › endowEndow - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   endow: 1 v give qualities or abilities to Synonyms: empower , endue , gift , indue , invest Types: cover invest with a large or excessive amount of something Type of: enable render capable or able for some task v furnish with an endowment Synonyms: dower Types: benefice endow with a benefice Type of: gift , give , present give as a present; ...

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   Endow definition: to provide with a permanent fund or source of income. See examples of ENDOW used in a sentence.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishENDOW definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   3 meanings: 1. to provide with or bequeath a source of permanent income 2. to provide (with qualities, characteristics, etc) 3..... Click for more definitions.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionendow verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   endow something to give a large sum of money to a school, a college or another institution to provide it with an income In her will, she endowed a scholarship in the physics department. Oxford Collocations Dictionary Endow is used with these nouns as the subject: