en·dow /ɪnˈdaʊ, ɛn-/
(vt.)賦予,授予,給予
En·dow v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endowed p. pr. & vb. n. Endowing.]
1. 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.
Endowing hospitals and almshouses. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. 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.
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endow
v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: indue, gift, empower,
invest, endue]
2: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got
dowered" [syn: dower]