01 v. t. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especi…
imp. & p. p.
Endowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Endowing
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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.“Endowing hospitals and almshouses.” — Bp. Stillingfleet.
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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.