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.
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Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
John, called Jack, the youngest, was endowed with his father’s capacity for finance, as well as his need for total control.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
This kind of 1:1 restatement endowed the architecture with its own story to tell while respecting history.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The framers of the Constitution designed Congress to be the primary check on executive authority, endowing it with the power of the purse, the ability to pass legislation, and the capacity to conduct oversight through investigations and impeachment.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
John, called Jack, the youngest, was endowed with his father’s capacity for finance, as well as his need for total control.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
This kind of 1:1 restatement endowed the architecture with its own story to tell while respecting history.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The framers of the Constitution designed Congress to be the primary check on executive authority, endowing it with the power of the purse, the ability to pass legislation, and the capacity to conduct oversight through investigations and impeachment.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for endow
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“Endow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endow. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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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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