Hypertext Webster Gateway: "endow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Endow \En*dow"\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
endow
v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: {indue}, {gift}, {empower},
{invest}, {endue}]
2: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got
dowered" [syn: {dower}]
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