What does Endow mean?
Definitions for Endow
ɛnˈdaʊen·dow
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Endow.
Princeton's WordNet
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb
give qualities or abilities to
endow, dowerverb
furnish with an endowment
"When she got married, she got dowered"
Wiktionary
endowverb
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.
endowverb
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.
endowverb
To bestow freely.
endowverb
To be furnished with something naturally.
She was endowed with a beautiful voice.
Etymology: From endover, en- + douer (from dotare).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ENDOWverb
Etymology: indotare, Latin; endsuairer, French.
He shall surely endow her to be his wife. Exod. xxii. 16.
An alms-house I intend to endow very handsomely for a dozen superannuated husbandmen. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
I at first with two fair gifts
Created him endow’d; with happiness
And immortality; that fondly lost,
This other serv’d but to eternize woe. John Milton, Parad. Lost.Among those who are the most richly endowed by nature, and accomplished by their own industry, how few are there whose vertues are not obscured? Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 255.
God did never command us to believe, nor his ministers to preach any doctrine contrary to the reason he hath pleased to endow us with. Jonathan Swift.
I do not think
So fair an outward, and such stuff within,
Endows a man but him. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.
Wikipedia
endow
A financial endowment is a legal structure for managing, and in many cases indefinitely perpetuating, a pool of financial, real estate, or other investments for a specific purpose according to the will of its founders and donors. Endowments are often structured so that the inflation-adjusted principal or "corpus" value is kept intact, while a portion of the fund can be (and in some cases must be) spent each year, utilizing a prudent spending policy. Endowments are often governed and managed either as a nonprofit corporation, a charitable foundation, or a private foundation that, while serving a good cause, might not qualify as a public charity. In some jurisdictions, it is common for endowed funds to be established as a trust independent of the organizations and the causes the endowment is meant to serve. Institutions that commonly manage endowments include academic institutions (e.g., colleges, universities, and private schools); cultural institutions (e.g., museums, libraries, and theaters); service organizations (e.g., hospitals, retirement homes; the Red Cross); and religious organizations (e.g., churches, synagogues, mosques). Private endowments are some of the wealthiest entities in the world, notably private higher education endowments. Harvard University's endowment (valued at $53.2 billion as of June 2021) is the largest academic endowment in the world. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the wealthiest private foundations as of 2019 with endowment of $46.8 billion as of December 31, 2018.
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endow
To endow means to provide or equip with a quality, ability, asset, or specific characteristic. It can also refer to the act of donating or giving a large amount of money or property to a school, hospital, or other institutions, typically through a will or trust, to fund ongoing expenses or a particular purpose.
Webster Dictionary
Endowverb
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
Endowverb
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
Etymology: [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See Dower, and cf. 2d Endue.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Endow
en-dow′, v.t. to give a dowry or marriage-portion to: to settle a permanent provision on: to enrich with any gift or faculty: to present.—ns. Endow′er; Endow′ment, act of endowing: that which is settled on any person or institution: a quality or faculty bestowed on any one. [Fr. en (=L. in), douer, to endow—L. dotāre—dos, dotis, a dowry.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Endow is ranked #86981 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Endow surname appeared 214 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Endow.
78% or 167 total occurrences were Asian.
11.2% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.
8.4% or 18 total occurrences were White.
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Anagrams for Endow »
downe
Downe
owned
Woden
woned
nowed
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Endow in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Endow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Endow in a Sentence
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
But thousands die without or this or that, die, and endow a college, or a cat: To some, indeed, Heaven grants the happier fate, Tenrich a bastard, or a son they hate.
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- надарявамBulgarian
- dotar, ser dotado, entregar, ser bendecidoSpanish
- tarjota, lahjoittaa, [[antaa]] [[perintö]], antaa, varustaa, siunata, suodaFinnish
- enrichir, doterFrench
- प्रदान करनाHindi
- arricchire, dotare, finanziare, elargireItalian
- לְהַעֲנִיקHebrew
- firmans perpetiLatin
- wyposażyćPolish
- dotarPortuguese
- обеспечивать, одариватьRussian
- donera, begåvasSwedish
- bağışlamakTurkish
- обдаруватиUkrainian
- اینڈوUrdu
- 赋予Chinese
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