Endowing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Endow \En*dow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Endowing}.] [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to
     endow, L. dotare. See {Dower}, and cf. 2d {Endue}.]
     1. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent
        fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to
        settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower;


        as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
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              Endowing hospitals and almshouses.    --Bp.
                                                    Stillingfleet.
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     2. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift
        (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by
        of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow
        with privileges or benefits.
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