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Endow \En*dow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Endowing}.] [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) F. douer to
endow, L. dotare. See {Dower}, and cf. 2d {Endue}.]
1. 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.
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Endowing hospitals and almshouses. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. 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.
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