endower

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

endow +‎ -er

Noun edit

endower (plural endowers)

One who endows.

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Old French endouairer.

Verb edit

endower (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 edit

drownee, reendow

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

endowre

Etymology edit

From en- +‎ dower.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɛnduːˈɛːr(ə)/, /ɛnˈduːər(ə)/

Noun edit

endower

(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.