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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: endowed adj : provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature); "an well-endowed college"; "endowed with good eyesight"; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" [ant: {unendowed}]
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