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单词 endow
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endowv.

Brit. /ᵻnˈdaʊ/, /ɛnˈdaʊ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdaʊ/, /ɛnˈdaʊ/
Forms: Also Middle English indw, 1600s–1700s indow.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + French douer < Latin dōtāre, < dōt-em dowry. In legal Anglo-Norman (15th cent.) endouer.
1. transitive.
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a. To give a dowry to (a woman) (obsolete).
b. To provide dower for (a widow). Formerly const. of.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [verb (transitive)] > survive as widow > endow with share of husband's property
endow1528
endower1606
widowa1616
jointurea1635
injointer1654
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iiiv The wyfe..shall be indowed of the thyrde parte of suche landes.
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 10 §7 Suche woman shalbe endowed of as muche of the residue of her husbandes tenementes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 143 How shall she be endowed, If she be mated with an equall Husband? View more context for this quotation
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 106 Lest hee should be thought unable to endowe his Spouse.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 131 An alien also cannot be endowed, unless she be queen consort.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (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. figurative. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [verb (transitive)] > give as dowry
endow1477
dower1814
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 4 [Death] is 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).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > endow with qualities or attributes > with property or power
endowc1440
enduec1440
instate1614
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > endow
worthOE
goodOE
dow1297
allowc1400
rentc1400
endowc1440
enduec1440
seizec1450
empossessc1500
revestc1500
indot1520
endote1528
dotatec1540
estate1609
instate1614
portion1663
vest1748
fortune1838
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 261/2 Indwyn, and yeve warysone, doto.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 69 How that the Crown may be best endowed.
1520 Chron. Eng. vii. f. 150v/2 Whiche preest is sufficyently endowed for hym and a servaunt.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiiii* Withal my worldly [printed world:y] Goodes I thee endowe.
1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 10 §1 Ecclesiastical Persons.. being endowed and possessed of ancient Palaces..and other Edifices.
1580 J. Stow Annales 559 He indowed them with rents and reuenues taken from the priories..which hee suppressed.
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) vii. 136 Let an Hospital be once erected, and endowed.
1812 E. Burke Burke's Speech Dormant Claims Church, 1772 in Wks. V. 423 Not that the Church of England is incompetently endowed.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ix. 146 A testator endows a dog or a rookery, and Europe cannot interfere with his absurdity.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 15 The piety of the wealthy led them to build and endow these [churches].
3. figurative.
a. To invest with (privileges, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > [verb (transitive)] > give legal right to
legitimate1494
intitule1584
enright1587
interess1587
invest1587
endow1601
patent1789
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > endow with qualities or attributes > with honour, privilege, or power
dowc1420
invest1534
crown1535
endue1565
endow1601
clothe1754
society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [verb (transitive)] > invest with franchise or privilege
franchisea1325
privilegea1325
libertyc1425
charter1542
privilegiatea1575
endow1601
octroy1845
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 75 All Achaæa generally throughout, Domitius Nero endowed with freedom.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. vi. 126 Justinian..did new-found the Patriarchate..and indow it with most ample priviledges.
b. To enrich or furnish with (†in, †of) any ‘gift’, quality, or power of mind or body.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > endow with qualities or attributes
girdc1000
enfortunec1374
due1395
endowa1420
endue1447
garnishc1450
invest1590
clothe1611
the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] > enable or capacitate > endow with any ability
endowa1420
endue1447
wire1987
a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 143 Hym ought endowed be in sapience.
1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 5 Ye arn..of worshepe and cunnyng worthyly endowed.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 45 Thinking on the vertues where in he was endowed they complayned him moche.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. LLLiii He hath endowed vs christians..with the spirit of adopcion.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. v. 88 Our Saviour endowed them with all the fulnesse of power that mortall men were capable of.
1743 J. Morris Serm. ii. 34 They..who were indowed with any extraordinary gifts.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 256 Tennyson is endowed precisely in points where Wordsworth wanted.
1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 212 Inorganic matter becomes first endowed with life and organisation during the growth of plants.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 133 Considered as statuesque figures endowed with speech, Brutus, Cæsar, and the rest, are noble and impressive.
c. To invest (imaginatively) with a quality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to as belonging or appropriate > invest or endow with attributes
qualifyc1487
clad1579
quality1579
invest1590
animate1605
innaturate1849
endow1888
1888 C. 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. 9b. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 24 I do not thinke, So faire an Outward, and such stuffe Within Endowes a man, but hee. View more context for this quotation
4. ? Confused with endue v. To put on (garments).
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on
to do oneOE
graitha1375
puta1382
to take on1389
to let falla1400
takea1400
to put on?a1425
endow1484
addressa1522
to get on1549
to draw on1565
don1567
to pull on1578
dight1590
sumpterc1595
to get into ——1600
on with1600
array1611
mount1785
to cast on1801
endoss1805
endue1814
ship1829
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) li. 75 The deuylle..dyde her to endowe her gownes.
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