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.
Recent Examples on the Web
How did Paramount Global, endowed with one of Hollywood’s founding studios, a leading broadcast network and a suite of cable networks that were an essential component of the pay-TV lineup, find itself on the precipice of selling for a fraction of its once-lofty valuations?
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 19 June 2024
At the time, in addition to leadership positions at the medical school and Yale New Haven Hospital, Simons was a tenured professor and held the Berliner Professorship, a $500,000-a-year chair endowed by the family of Robert Berliner.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
Malbec grapes are sourced from 100-year-old vines endowing this captivating wine with flavors of blackberry, black plum, and cassis that explode in the mouth.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
In the late 2010s, China achieved some success among wealthy countries in endowing its consumer products (such as the hugely popular TikTok app) with the kind of high-tech glamour previously associated with Japan.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 19 June 2024
At the time, in addition to leadership positions at the medical school and Yale New Haven Hospital, Simons was a tenured professor and held the Berliner Professorship, a $500,000-a-year chair endowed by the family of Robert Berliner.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
Malbec grapes are sourced from 100-year-old vines endowing this captivating wine with flavors of blackberry, black plum, and cassis that explode in the mouth.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
In the late 2010s, China achieved some success among wealthy countries in endowing its consumer products (such as the hugely popular TikTok app) with the kind of high-tech glamour previously associated with Japan.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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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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