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- Dictionaryen·dow/inˈdou/
verb
- 1. provide with a quality, ability, or asset: "he was endowed with tremendous physical strength" Similar
- 2. give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution): "he endowed the Church with lands"
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The meaning of ENDOW is to furnish with an income; especially : to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of. How to use endow in a sentence.
ENDOW definition: 1. to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to provide with a permanent fund or source of income: to endow a college. to furnish, as with some talent, faculty, or quality; equip: Nature has endowed her with great ability. Synonyms: endue, clothe, invest. Obsolete. to provide with a dower.
If you've been endowed with something, it means you've been given a gift — most likely a gift that can't be returned or exchanged, like a sense of humor or athletic ability or trust. We usually use endow to refer to an ability or a quality, but you can endow someone with money, too.
Check pronunciation: endow. Definition of endow verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ENDOW meaning: 1. to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an…. Learn more.
If you endow something with a particular feature or quality, you provide it with that feature or quality. Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours. [ VERB noun + with ]
1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income. 2. a. To equip or supply with a talent or quality: Nature endowed you with a beautiful singing voice. b. To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality: endowed the family pet with human intelligence. 3. Obsolete To provide with a dower.
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.
Synonyms for ENDOW: gift, bless, equip, provide, endue, indue, invest, favor; Antonyms of ENDOW: divest, strip, drain, deplete, exhaust, dispossess, stint, skimp.
