Definition of endows Endows

/ɛndawˈz/ - [endawz] -

We found 3 definitions of endows from 2 different sources.

What does endows mean?

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Verb endows, endowing, endowed
endow - furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"
		dower
		gift, present, give bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
		benefice endow with a benefice
endow - give qualities or abilities to
		indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
		enable render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
		cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"

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endow (Verb)
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.
endow (Verb)
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.
endow (Verb)
To bestow freely.
endow (Verb)
To be furnished with something naturally.

endow (v. t.)
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.
endow (v. t.)
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.

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.]