EGAVE

endow

About 0.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  2. verb To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
  3. verb To naturally furnish (with something).
    She was endowed with a beautiful voice.
  4. verb To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”).

Similar words

dower gift invest empower indue endue donate provide confer lend

Often followed by

the a it them him his with her their us

Word family

endowed endowing endows

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