v. Function: verb
1 to furnish or provide with a gift, talent, or good quality FF1C; poets endowed with genius FF1E;
Synonyms: crown (with), dower, endue
Related Words: bestow, confer; accord, award, grant; empower, enable; enhance, enrich, heighten
Contrasted Words: bare, denude, divest, strip; despoil, ravage, spoliate; deplete, drain, exhaust
2 to furnish, (as an institution) with a store of capital FF1C; endowed a hospital FF1E;
Synonyms: finance, fund, subsidize
Related Words: found, organize; bequeath, contribute, donate, subscribe, support; award, grant; back, promote, sponsor; provide, supply
Contrasted Words: beggar, impoverish, pauperize; drain, draw (on)