Dictionary Definition
endow
Verb
2 furnish with an endowment; "When she got
married, she got dowered" [syn: dower]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊ
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.
Derived terms
Translations
To furnish with money or its equivalent
- Finnish: lahjoittaa
To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature
of a gift
- Finnish: suoda, antaa, varustaa
To bestow freely
To be furnished with something naturally
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accommodate, accord, afford, arm, authorize, award, back, bequeath, bestow, bless with, clothe, clothe with power,
confer, contribute, deputize, donate, dower, empower, enable, endow with, endue, enhance, enrich, favor with, fill, fill up, finance, find, found, fund, furnish, give, grace with, grant, heighten, invest, keep, maintain, make available, make
provision for, organize, prepare, present, promote, provide, provide for, recruit, replenish, settle on, settle
upon, sponsor, stock, store, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, vest, vest with, yield