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• endow somebody with something — …   Useful english dictionary

• endow with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms endow with : present tense I/you/we/they endow with he/she/it endows with present participle endowing with past tense endowed with past participle endowed with 1) endow someone/something with something formal… …   English dictionary

• endow — en|dow [ ın dau ] verb transitive to give a large amount of money to a school, hospital, or other institution en dow with phrasal verb transitive FORMAL to give a particular quality to something, or to say that something has a particular quality …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• endow — [[t]ɪnda͟ʊ[/t]] endows, endowing, endowed 1) VERB: usu passive You say that someone is endowed with a particular desirable ability, characteristic, or possession when they have it by chance or by birth. [be V ed with n] You are endowed with… …   English dictionary

• endow — verb (T) to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that will provide it with an income endow sb with sth phrasal verb (T) 1 be endowed with to naturally have a good feature or quality: She was endowed with both looks and brains. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• endow — en·dow /in dau̇/ vt [Anglo French endower, from Old French en , prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot dos gift, dowry]: to furnish with income; esp: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support …   Law dictionary

• endow — en|dow [ınˈdau] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: endouer, from Latin dotare to give ] to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that provides it with an income endow with [endow sb/sth with sth] phr v 1.) to make someone …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• endow — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French endower, from en + dower, douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot , dos gift, dowry more at date Date: 14th century 1. to furnish with an income; especially to make a grant of money …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• invest someone/thing with — endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute). → invest …   English new terms dictionary

• epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… …   Universalium