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Word: Endow
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘provide a dower or dowry’; formerly also as indow): from legal Anglo-Norman French endouer, from en- ‘in, towards’ + Old French douer ‘give as a gift’ (from Latin dotare: see dower)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈdaʊ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛnˈdaʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
provide with a quality, ability, or asset
Short Definition:provide with quality or asset
Examples:- he was endowed with tremendous physical strength
- the country is well endowed with mineral resources
Definition:
give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution)
Short Definition:leave income to
Examples:- he endowed the Church with lands
- the old endowed grammar schools
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