endow
VerbUS[en-dou]/ɛnˈdaʊ/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
En·dow′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Endowed; present participle & verbal noun Endowing.]
Origin: 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.
Endowing hospitals and almshouses.— Bp. Edward Stillingfleet
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54