endow (redirected from endows)

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