Antonyms for endow


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-dou
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdaʊ


Definition of endow

Origin :
  • late 14c., indowen "provide an income for," from Anglo-French endover, from en- "in" + Old French douer "endow," from Latin dotare "bestow" (see dowry). Related: Endowed; endowing.
  • verb give large gift
Example sentences :
  • Youth is prone to endow its opinions with all the dignity of certain knowledge.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • What was lacking in his power that he could not endow them with life?
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Small beginnings of the fortune that was to found and endow asylums!
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • What he did was to endow the church with this admirable piece of head-gear.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • But He will endow her with all His wealth, and raise her to sit with Him on a throne forever.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • I do not endow her with my worldly goods, for thou knowest I have none.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • For their art, there was not worth enough in it to endow it with any lasting vitality.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • Thus they endow their children with what no after education can give them.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • Didn't she endow a library in the little village where she was born?
  • Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • They would rather endow a theatre than a Gelehrter, if endow something they must.
  • Extract from : « Oxford » by Andrew Lang

Synonyms for endow

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