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Definition of Endow
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Endow
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits. Related Definitions:
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Endow Quotations
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. George Santayana I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. Eleanor Roosevelt A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it. Jean Rostand The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. Marquis De Vauvenargues Why does God endow us with compassion? Franz Schubert |
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Endow Translations
endow in Dutch is begiftigen, meegeven endow in French is dotez, dotent, doter, dotons endow in German is dotieren, dotiere endow in Latin is dito endow in Norwegian is gi gave til endow in Portuguese is dote |
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