Endow, Endowment
endow (verb) - (formal) give
endowed with (verb) - possesses something (given to start with, given by nature)
endowment (noun) - something given
x endows y with z - (formal) x gives z to y
x is endowed with y - person x has some characteristic or ability y
the initial endowment
endow in perpetuity
endow with all your worldly goods
life insurance endowment policies
endowment with land
endow their lives with
innately endowed with
endow with the ability to
does not automatically endow us with
endow with authority
endowed with great mystery
endowed with resources
endowed with natural resources
endowed with energy resources
endow with meaning
natural endowment
endowed with virtues
endowed with rights
endowed with unalienable rights
well-endowed with
relatively well-endowed with
a well-endowed lady
a university endowment
an endowment for the arts
endow a scholarship programme
a library endowment
endow a museum
endow an art collection
endow Catholic masses
Example sentences:
* Endowed with vast energy resources, military ruled Burma wants to be a major supplier of oil and gas to its neighbours
* From birth she was well-endowed with wealth, health, and a mighty intellect.
* Herbs endow our food with a whole range of flavours.
* The kind-hearted tycoon endowed a special scholarship programme for poor students with 1 billion baht.
* You cannot learn this from experience, it is something you must be innately endowed with.
* Widespread consent to the authority of a reasonably just government does endow that government with authority.
* On the other hand it would make sense for nature to endow us with greater sexuality at a time when we are most likely to become pregnant. (Source: British National Corpus)
* Ancient writings endowed the King of the country with territorial rights.
* Cost Rica is well-endowed with the climate and soil needed to grow bannanas.
* The country is relatively well-endowed with natural resources compared to her neighbors.
* The steel baron endowed many of the nation's finest libraries.
* The bill sought to block funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
* Each citizen of the country is endowed with unalienable rights by the constitution.
* London has always been well-endowed with small luxury hotels.
* They raised ?1,000 to endow in perpetuity a bed at Royal Infirmary.
* The mere fact of having been cast in the role of daughter, daughter-in-law, son or son-in-law does not automatically endow any of us with the ability to play that part to perfection, particularly when it begins to need more than smiles and pleasantries at family gatherings, and demands qualities of patience, perseverance and insight, and the regular visiting of a lonely and possibly disabled old person. (Source: British National Library)
* You haven't yet agreed to endow him with all your worldly goods so that money is yours and yours alone. (Source: British National Library)
* "With all my worldly debts I thee endow…" (Source: British National Library)
* She endowed her child's utterances with meanings that were never intended.
* We must raise $1 million to build a suitable building, and to conserve and endow the art collection that has been donatd to us.
* The way she read the poem seemed to endow it with some great mystery.
* Before he died he set up a trust to endow the museum.
* The use of the color yellow endowed their protests with meaning.
* "Members' contributions were pooled to endow masses to be sung for the souls of the poor."
* "If I could endow you with virtues, I would choose determination and optimism."
* His natural endowment consists of a particular range of capacities: physical strength, mobility, vision, hearing, intellect and so forth. (Source: British National Corpus)
* Life insurance endowment policies are a great way to build up a family nest egg for the future. (Source: British National Corpus)
* The special feature of feudalism was that the reward took mainly the form of endowment with land. (Source: British National Corpus)
* "Space is not an object but a vaccum which we endow with physical attributes."
* When people impose moral demands upon themselves they endow their lives with value and moral significance.
