endow
To give property to as a giftTo give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
» He is endowed with many talents.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
ausstatten
обеспе́чиватьobespéčivatʹ
(transitive)To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
одариватьodarivatʹ
наділя́тиnadiljáty, наділи́тиnadilýty, обдаро́вуватиobdaróvuvaty
furnish with an endowment
(transitive)To naturally furnish (with something).
She was endowed with a beautiful voice.
быть одарённымbytʹ odarjónnym
наділя́тиnadiljáty, наділи́тиnadilýty
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”).
Examples
35 sentencesHe is endowed with many talents.
She is endowed with a special talent.
ruОна наделена особым талантом.
She is endowed with beauty.
Вона обдарована вродою.
ruОна наделена красотой.
He was endowed with great talents.
The pianist is endowed with extraordinary talent.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English endowen, endouen, enduen, indouen, indw (“to provide with assets,From Late Middle English endowen, endouen, enduen, indouen, indw (“to provide with assets, a livelihood, or privileges; to bestow, grant; (figuratively) to favour; to endow”), from Anglo-Norman endouer, from Old French en- (prefix meaning ‘in, into’) + douer (“to endow”) (from Latin dōtāre (present active infinitive of dōtō (“to endow”)); modern French douer). Dōtō is derived from dōs (“dowry; endowment, gift”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
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Forms
endows, endowing, endowed, endowedSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle