verb
1.
to furnish or provide with a gift, talent, or good quality
poets endowed with genius
Synonyms: crown (with), dower, endue
Related Word: 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
endowed a hospital
Synonyms: finance, fund, subsidize
Related Word: found, organize; bequeath, contribute, donate, subscribe, support; award, grant; back, promote, sponsor; provide, supply
Contrasted words: beggar, impoverish, pauperize; drain, draw (on)