endow

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdaʊ/, /ɛn-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdaʊ/ Rhymes: -aʊ Hyphenation: en‧dow === Verb === endow (third-person singular simple present endows, present participle endowing, simple past and past participle endowed) (transitive) 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. (transitive, followed by with, or rarely by of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality. Synonyms: begift, endue, clothe (transitive, usually in the passive voice) To naturally furnish (with something). Synonyms: bless, gift (transitive, archaic or obsolete) 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”). ==== Alternative forms ==== indow (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === financial endowment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Downe, Woden, downe, nowed, owned, woned