1
as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
a young performer endowed with a great singing voice
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2
as in to fund
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums
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3
as in to finance
to provide money for
the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government
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The local doctor was really just a helpless conjurer, while the lazy village priest got endowed with unwarranted godlike powers.
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James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
This should be devastating for our planet, but fortunately, Earth is endowed with a magnetic field that deflects these particles.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2024
And the Peacock Room became the cornerstone of the new museum that Freer endowed in Washington, D.C., the first art museum on the National Mall.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
We are founded, as declared in the Declaration, on the principle that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
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James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
This should be devastating for our planet, but fortunately, Earth is endowed with a magnetic field that deflects these particles.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2024
And the Peacock Room became the cornerstone of the new museum that Freer endowed in Washington, D.C., the first art museum on the National Mall.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
We are founded, as declared in the Declaration, on the principle that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
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