tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows 1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income. 2. a. To equip or supply with a talent or quality: Nature endowed you with a beautiful singing voice. b. To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality: endowed the family pet with human intelligence. 3. Obsolete To provide with a dower. [Middle English endowen, from Anglo-Norman endouer : Old French en-, intensive pref.; see EN-1 + Old French douer, to provide with a dowry (from Latin dōtāre, from dōs, dōt-, dowry; see dō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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