endow

en·dow  (n-dou)

tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows

1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income.

2.

a. To equip or supply with a talent or quality: Nature endowed you with a beautiful singing voice.

b. To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality: endowed the family pet with human intelligence.

3. Obsolete To provide with a dower.

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[Middle English endowen, from Anglo-Norman endouer : Old French en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + Old French douer, to provide with a dowry (from Latin dtre, from ds, dt-, dowry; see d- in Indo-European roots).]

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endow [ɪnˈdaʊ]

vb (tr)

1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) to provide with or bequeath a source of permanent income

2. (usually foll by with) to provide (with qualities, characteristics, etc.)

3. (Law) Obsolete to provide with a dower

[from Old French endouer, from en-¹ + douer, from Latin dōtāre, from dōs dowry]

endower  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	endow - give qualities or abilities to endue, gift, indue, invest, empower enable - render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain" cover - invest with a large or excessive amount of something; "She covered herself with glory"
	2.	endow - furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered" dower gift, present, give - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" benefice - endow with a benefice

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endow

verb

1. provide, favour, grace, bless, supply, furnish, enrich, endue He was endowed with wealth, health and a good intellect.

2. finance, fund, pay for, award, grant, invest in, confer, settle on, bestow, make over, bequeath, purvey, donate money to The ambassador has endowed a public-service fellowship programme.

3. imbue, steep, bathe, saturate, pervade, instil, infuse, permeate, impregnate, inculcate Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours.

Translations

endow [ɪnˈdaʊ] VT

1. (= found) [+ prize, professorship] → fundar, crear; (= donate) → dotar, hacer una donación a

2. (fig) to be endowed with → estar dotado de

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endow [ɪnˈdaʊ] vt

(= provide with money) → doter

(= equip) to be endowed with [+ talent, quality] → être doté(e) de

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endow

vt

institution, church → eine Stiftung machen an (+acc); (Univ, Sch) prize, chair → stiften; an endowed school eine mit Stiftungsgeldern gebaute und finanzierte Schule

(fig) usu pass to endow somebody with something → jdm etw geben or schenken; to be endowed with a natural talent for singing → ein sängerisches Naturtalent sein; the poor lad is not very well endowed (inf: with intelligence) → mit dem armen Bengel ist nicht viel los; she’s well endowed (hum) → sie ist von der Natur reichlich ausgestattet (worden)

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endow [ɪnˈdaʊ] vt

a. (equip) to endow with → fornire di, dotare di
to be endowed with (fig) → essere dotato/a di

b. (prize) → istituire; (hospital) → fondare; (provide with money, institution) → devolvere denaro a
to endow sth with sth → devolvere qc a favore di qc

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endow [ɪnˈdaʊ] vt

a. (equip) to endow with → fornire di, dotare di
to be endowed with (fig) → essere dotato/a di

b. (prize) → istituire; (hospital) → fondare; (provide with money, institution) → devolvere denaro a
to endow sth with sth → devolvere qc a favore di qc

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endow

v endow [inˈdau]

to provide She was endowed with great beauty. begiftig يَمْنَح، يَهِب، يُنْعِم على дарен obdařit; dotovat udstyre; velsigne ausstatten προικίζω dotar (millegagi) õnnistama, rahaliselt toetama ارزانی داشتن؛ بهره مند کردن suoda doter (de) לְהִתבַּרֵך सहायतार्थ देना obdariti felruház menganugerahi búa, gæða dotare 与える (선천적으로) 가지고 있다 apdovanoti piešķirt; apveltīt (ar spējām u.tml.) menganugerahkan begiftigen utstyre, utruste, gi obdarzyć dotar a înzestra наделять obdariť obdariti obdariti begåva, utrusta บริจาค doğuştan sahip olmak 賦予 обдаровувати, наділяти بخشنا ban tặng 赋予

n enˈdowment

skenking مَوْهِبَه، مَنْح، دَخْل مَوْقوف дарение dotace; nadání gave; evne die Ausstattung προίκισμα, προίκα dotación rahaline toetus اهدا؛ اعطا lahjoitus dotation תְּרוּמָה वृत्तिदान obdarenost alapítvány (létesítése) anugerah hæfileikar, gáfur dotazione 寄付 타고난 재능 gabumai, Dievo dovana piešķīrums; spējas penganugerahan schenking gave, legat, pengemidler; begavelse obdarowanie, fundacja doação înzestrare дар; одарённость dotácia; nadanie obdaritev obdaren begåvning, []gåvor การบริจาค Allah vergisi, meziyet 天資 обдаровання, талант بخشنے کا عمل sự hiến tặng 天资