单词 | endow |
释义 | endow (once / 328 pages) v To endow is to furnish, but not with furniture. If you've been endowed with something, it means you've been given a gift — most likely a gift that can't be returned or exchanged, like a sense of humor or athletic ability or trust. We usually use endow to refer to an ability or a quality, but you can endow someone with money, too. Endow is related to the word dowry, which is a gift that a man -– or sometimes a woman -– receives from his or her fiancé’s family before the wedding. The practice of giving dowries has fallen out of fashion in most Western countries, but there are still many parts of the world where it's common for the bride's family to provide the groom with an endowment of land and livestock. WORD FAMILYendow: endowed, endowing, endowment, endows+/endowed: unendowed/endowment: endowments USAGE EXAMPLESIt would also be unpleasant to discuss whether he is eminently endowed with anything. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) It’s named for steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, who endowed the fund after being inspired by stories of mining disaster rescues. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) Syracuse University is establishing the Pearl Washington Endowed Fund for Continuing Education and set a $1 million endowment goal. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1v give qualities or abilities to Syn|Hypo|Hyper empower, endue, gift, indue, invest cover invest with a large or excessive amount of something enable render capable or able for some task 2v furnish with an endowment Syn|Hypo|Hyper dower benefice endow with a benefice gift, give, present give as a present; make a gift of |
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