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.

Thesaurus »

†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. iii^v 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?

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. 150^v/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.

†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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	endow
释义	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. Thesaurus » †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. iii^v 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. 150^v/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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1420
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