endower
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editendower (plural endowers)
- One who endows.
Etymology 2
editCompare Old French endouairer.
Verb
editendower (third-person singular simple present endowers, present participle endowering, simple past and past participle endowered)
- To endow.
- 1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men:
- This once renowned church was gloriously deckt with the jewels of her espousals […] and frankly endowered.
References
edit- “endower”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editendower
- (rare) Money granted as to support an individual.
References
edit- “endǒuē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.
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