Question 1 · Quick check
endow
CEFRC1
/ɪnˈdaʊ/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To provide someone or something with a quality, ability, or fund.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
Examples
Nature has chosen to endow him with a great talent for music.
The billionaire decided to endow a new scholarship fund.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ɛn-/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo naturally furnish (with something).
To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”).
More examples
In contextThe wealthy alumnus decided to endow a new science library.
She was endowed with a beautiful voice.
Men began to build Churches on their own Grounds, at their own Charges, and to endow theſe; and they were naturally the Maſters, and in the true Signification of the Roman word, the Patrons of them.
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Origin
verb
From Late Middle English endowen, endouen, enduen, indouen, indw (“to provide with assets, a livelihood, or privileges; to bestow, grant; (figuratively) to favour; to endow”), from Anglo-Norman endouer, from Old French en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + douer (“to endow”) (from Latin dōtāre (present active infinitive of dōtō (“to endow”)); modern French douer). Dōtō is derived from dōs (“dowry; endowment, gift”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).