endow

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈdaʊ/ or /ɛn-/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈdaʊ/

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• Hyphenation: en‧dow

Verb

Plain form endow

Third-person singular endows

Past tense endowed

Past participle endowed

Present participle endowing

1. To endow is to give income or property to an organization

   Donors were able to endow Harvard University with $37.1 billion.

Related words

• endowment