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en·dow (ěn-dou') Pronunciation Key

tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows

# To provide with property, income, or a source of income. # ## To equip or supply with a talent or quality: Nature endowed you with a beautiful singing voice. ## To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality: endowed the family pet with human intelligence. # 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).]

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