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Definitions of endow

1. furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. give qualities or abilities to Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

4. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

5. To bestow a permanent fund or source of income upon; as, to endow a college; furnish with a gift, faculty, etc. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

6. To give a dowry or marriage-portion to: to settle a permanent provision on: to enrich with any gift or faculty. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

7. ENDOWER. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

8. To furnish with a dower; enrich with a gift. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

9. To provide with a permanent fund or income. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

10. To furnish or equip. as with natural gifts. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

11. To settle a dower on; to provide for by an endowment; to furnish with any gift, quality, or faculty. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

12. To settle on or furnish with in permanency; to settle money or property on permanently; to enrich or provide with, as a gift, quality, or faculty. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

13. 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. mso.anu.edu.au

14. en-dow', v.t. to give a dowry or marriage-portion to: to settle a permanent provision on: to enrich with any gift or faculty: to present.--ns. ENDOW'ER; ENDOW'MENT, act of endowing: that which is settled on any person or institution: a quality or faculty bestowed on any one. [Fr. en (=L. in), douer, to endow--L. dot[=a]re--dos, dotis, a dowry.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

15. Bequeath, give, permanent income to (person, institution); invest (person) with (privileges &c.); furnish (person) with (ability &c.; esp. in p.p.). Hence endowment n. [French] Concise Oxford Dictionary

16. To enrich with portion; to supply with any external goods; to enrich with any excellence. Complete Dictionary