endow
pronunciation
How to pronounce endow in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdaʊ]
How to pronounce endow in American English:
US [ɪnˈdaʊ]
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- Verb:
- give qualities or abilities to
- furnish with an endowment
Word Origin
- endow
- endow: see dowry
- endow (v.)
- late 14c., indowen "provide an income for," from Anglo-French endover, from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + Old French douer "endow," from Latin dotare "bestow" (see dowry). Related: Endowed; endowing.
Example
- 1. And what type of things we will endow meaning to ?
- 2. Endow these people with industry and ambition .
- 3. Flesh simulations can endow computer-generated characters with realistically bulging muscles and rippling fat .
- 4. Smaller countries and germany 's constitutional court would refuse to endow an ad hoc intergovernmental council .
- 5. Ads for visa endow him with super-human capabilities , showing him outracing kangaroos .