Endow
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈdaʊ/
- Rhymes: -aÊŠ
Alternative forms
- indow archaic
Origin
From Middle English endowen, from Anglo-Norman endover, en- + Old French douer (from Latin dÅtÄre ("to endow"), from dÅs, dÅtis ("dowry")).
Full definition of endow
Verb
- 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.
- 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.
- To bestow freely.
- To be furnished with something naturally.She was endowed with a beautiful voice.