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en·dow E0138700 (ĕn-dou′)tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows 1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income.2. a. To equip or supply with a talent or quality: Nature endowed you with a beautiful singing voice.b. To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality: endowed the family pet with human intelligence.3. Obsolete To provide with a dower.
[Middle English endowen, from Anglo-Norman endouer : Old French en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + Old French douer, to provide with a dowry (from Latin dōtāre, from dōs, dōt-, dowry; see dō- in Indo-European roots).]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | endowed - provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature); "a well-endowed college"; "endowed with good eyesight"; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"unendowed - not equipped or provided; "unendowed with genius"- J.L.Lowes |
endowedadjectiveHaving talent:gifted, talented.IdiomsSeeendowMedicalSeeendowmentFinancialSeeEndowmentendowed
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