to endow
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4.9
- verb
- /ɪnˈdaʊ/
- Formal
- Finally, we must acknowledge that all teachers are not equally endowed with knowledge, training, dedication, or talent.
- endow people with
- endowed with power
- endowed with meaning
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- You endow that cartoon with your insights.
- That all men are created equal, endowed by their created with certain unalienable rights.
- She endowed her subjects with interiority.
- So prudence does not possess ascent and what does not possess ascent is not an animate creature endowed with reason.
- I really do think that's either lucky or not lucky to be endowed with that ability as an inspirational leader.
- And so I thought we would endow it with the far side of the moon.
- He did not hold that Christ had a divine being, but was rather endowed with certain powers by the rule maker and whatnot.
- But but sometimes things are real because the physical meaning of the signal is endowed in the signal.
- You could instead of saying large labia, you could say well endowed.
Examples
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The goal was a robust administrative state, accountable to citizens endowed with expanded powers of direct democratic action.
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Yet this lack of cell specialization endows the sponges with great powers of regeneration.
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The experience that we have, we endow with meaning.
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You endow that cartoon with your insights.
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To improve his chances of acceptance, his mother decided to endow him with wisdom.
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I am endowed with the wisdom to know what to do and the courage to follow through.
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In magic traditions inherited from antiquity, words and images share an essential role, endowing objects with supernatural force.
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The vessel's translucent material, vibrantly painted details, and diminutive size endow it with a jewel-like quality.
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All these intriguing properties of TMEM16-CaCC endow it with the capability to play diverse roles in shaping membrane excitability.
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The university was proud to endow a scholarship for deserving students.
Synonyms
657
3.3
To officially give permission, rights, or money to someone
102
3.8
Give something a certain quality or feeling
15
6.8
To give someone a natural talent or quality
12
5.3
Give a quality such as charm to someone or something
10
6.2
To give someone official power or a job, often in a ceremony
1
9.9
Give a person or thing a special quality like an ability
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9.9
To give someone a quality or ability
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Etymology
Endow used for qualities comes from the same idea of a dowry — a lasting 'gift'. So to be 'endowed' with talent or creativity is to be given that special quality.