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reendow

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en⋅dow

  [en-dou]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to provide with a permanent fund or source of income: to endow a college.
2. to furnish, as with some talent, faculty, or quality; equip: Nature has endowed her with great ability.
3. Obsolete. to provide with a dower.
–verb (used without object)
4. (of a life-insurance policy) to become payable; yield its conditions.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME endowen < OF endouer, equiv. to en- en- 1 + douer < L dōtāre to dower, equiv. to dōt- (s. of dōs) dowry + -āre inf. suffix

Related forms:
en⋅dow⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. invest, clothe, endue.
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Word Origin & History

endow 
1375, from Anglo-Fr. endover, from en- "in" + O.Fr. douer "endow," from L. dotare "bestow" (see dowry).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: en·dow
Pronunciation: in-'dau
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: 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; especially : to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of endowed by the testator>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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