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▪ I. endower, n.|ɛnˈdaʊə(r)|
[f. endow v. + -er.]
One who endows.
1624Darcie Birth of Heresies xviii. 75 Authors, Restorers, Endowers, and augmenters of the Missall Sacrifice. 1765–9Blackstone Comm. (1793) 604 The right of visitation of the former results..to the king; and of the latter to the patron or endower. 1885Ch. Q. Rev. XXI. 139 If the State regarded itself as the endower of the Church.
▪ II. † enˈdower, v. Obs.
[ad. OF. endouairer, f. en- (see en-1) + douaire dower.]
trans. To dower (a woman); also fig.
1606G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine Ff 4 a, He maried to a most honorable man the daughter of his enemy Vitellius, being most largely endowred. 1653Waterhouse Apol. Learning 142 (T.) This once renowned church was gloriously deckt with the jewels of her espousals..and frankly endowered. 1654R. Codrington Hist. Iustine 15 The wife being endowred with the blood of her husband, delivered..herself to her adulterer. |