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endow, v.|ɛnˈdaʊ|
Also 7–8 indow.
[f. en- prefix1 + F. douer:—L. dōtāre, f. dōt-em dowry. In legal AF. (15th c.) endouer.]
1. trans.
†a. To give a dowry to (a woman) (obs.).
b. To provide dower for (a widow). Formerly const. of.
1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 10 §7 Suche woman shalbe endowed of as muche of the residue of her husbandes tenementes. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 8 b, The wife..shall bee endowed of the thirde parte of such landes. 1607Shaks. Timon i. i. 139 How shall she be endowed, If she be mated with an equall Husband? 1635Austin Medit. 106 Lest hee should be thought unable to endowe his Spouse. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. 131 An alien also cannot be endowed, unless she be queen consort. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) I. 180 If the wife be past the age of nine years, at the time of her husband's death, she shall be endowed.
†c. To give as a dowry. fig. Obs. rare—1.
1475Caxton Jason 4 [Death] the dowaire that nature hath endowed to me.
2. To enrich with property; to provide (by bequest or gift) a permanent income for (a person, society, or institution).
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. (1714) 69 How that the Crown may be best endowed. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. vii. (1520) 150 b/2 Whiche preest is sufficyently endowed for hym and a servaunt. 1569Bk. Com. Prayer, Matrimony, With al my worldly Goodes I thee endowe. 1570Act 13 Eliz. c. 10 §1 Ecclesiastical Persons.. being endowed and possessed of ancient Palaces..and other Edifices. 1580Stow Annales 559 He indowed them with rents and reuenues taken from the priories..which hee suppressed. 1638Penit. Conf. vii. (1657) 136 Let an Hospital be once erected, and endowed. 1772Burke Sp. Ch. Claims Bill 17 Feb. Wks. X. 146 Not that the Church of England is incompetently endowed. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Cockayne Wks. (Bohn) II. 64 A testator endows a dog or a rookery, and Europe cannot interfere with his absurdity. 1857Toulm. Smith Parish 15 The piety of the wealthy led them to build and endow these [churches].
3. fig.
a. To invest with (privileges, etc.).
1601Holland Pliny I. 75 All Achaæa generally throughout, Domitius Nero endowed with freedom. 1661Bramhall Just Vind. vi. 126 Justinian did new-found the Patriarchate..and indow it with ample priviledges.
b. To enrich or furnish with († in, † of) any ‘gift’, quality, or power of mind or body.
a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 143 Hym ought endowed be in sapience. 1425Paston Lett. 5. I. 21 Ye are..of worshepe and cunnyng worthyly endowed. 1475Caxton Jason 34 b, Thinking on the vertues wher in he was endowed they complayned him moche. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 169 b, He hath endowed vs christians..with the spiryte of adopcyon. 1661Bramhall Just Vind. v, Our Saviour endowed them with all the fulness of power that mortal men were capable of. 1743J. Morris Serm. ii. 34 They..who were indowed with any extraordinary gifts. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Lit. Wks. (Bohn) II. 114 Tennyson is endowed precisely in points where Wordsworth wanted. 1872Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 212 Inorganic matter becomes first endowed with life and organisation during the growth of plants. 1872Morley Voltaire (1886) 142 Considered as statuesque figures endowed with speech, Brutus, Cæsar, and the rest are noble and impressive.
c. To invest (imaginatively) with a quality.
1888C. M. Yonge Hannah More 62 The ladies not only believed in her wonderful genius, but endowed her with all imaginable virtues.
†d. Said of the qualities with which one is ‘endowed’. Cf. endue v. 9 b. Obs.
1611Shakes. Cymb. i. i. 24 I do not thinke So faire an Outward, and such stuffe within Endowes a man, but hee.
†4. ? Confused with endue. To put on (garments).
1483Caxton G. de la Tour C ij, The deuylle..dyde her endowe her gownes. |