endow (redirected from endowing)

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

Verb

1. to provide with a source of permanent income, esp. by leaving money in a will

2. endowed with provided with or possessing (a quality or talent) [Old French endouer]

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. finance, fund, pay for, award, grant, invest in, confer, settle on, bestow, make over, bequeath, purvey, donate money to

2. imbue, steep, bathe, saturate, pervade, instil, infuse, permeate, impregnate, inculcate

Translations

endow [ɪnˈdau] vt (= provide with money) → dotar (= found); fundar;

to be endowed with (fig) → estar dotado de

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endow [ɪnˈdau] vt (= provide with money) → faire une donation à, doter (= equip);

to endow with → gratifier de, doter de

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endow [ɪnˈdau] vt (institution) → eine Stiftung machen an +acc;

to be endowed with → besitzen

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endow [ɪnˈdau] vt [+ prize] → istituire [+ hospital]; fondare (= provide with money); devolvere denaro a (= equip): to endow with → fornire di, dotare di

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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, lahjoittaa doter (de) לְהִתבַּרֵך सहायतार्थ देना obdariti felruház menganugerahi búa, gæða dotare 与える 부여하다, 기부하다 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 기부 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