ENDOW
What does "ENDOW" mean?
To give a large gift or fund to an institution, or to furnish someone with a quality.
Meanings
- To provide an institution with a permanent source of income or a large gift. The alumnus endowed a chair in marine biology. formal
- To furnish or provide with a quality, ability, or asset (usually passive). She was endowed with extraordinary patience.
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman 'endouer', from 'en-' (in) plus Old French 'douer' (to provide a dowry), from Latin 'dotare' (to endow), from 'dos' (dowry); the same root for giving gives 'donate' and 'dowry'.
Remember it
ENDOW shares its 'dow' with DOWRY - both are gifts that set someone up for the future.
A little poem
He gave the college not a year but ground-
a gift that pays itself the long way round.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why is an endowment the most patient gift? It never spends itself - it just keeps handing the interest forward, generation after generation.
What it teaches
The deepest generosity gives a source, not a sum: endow the spring, not just the cup.
Quick facts
What does ENDOW mean?
To give a large gift or fund to an institution, or to furnish someone with a quality.
Is ENDOW a valid word?
Yes — ENDOW is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ENDOW?
ENDOW has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ENDOW come from?
From Anglo-Norman 'endouer', from 'en-' (in) plus Old French 'douer' (to provide a dowry), from Latin 'dotare' (to endow), from 'dos' (dowry); the same root for giving gives 'donate' and 'dowry'.
What can ENDOW teach us?
The deepest generosity gives a source, not a sum: endow the spring, not just the cup.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.