endowed

American  

[en-doud] / ɛnˈdaʊd /

adjective

1. supported by a permanent fund or source of income.

   A cooperative owned by 50 families set up the endowed scholarship in 2000.

2. naturally possessing a certain quality, talent, physical feature, or other advantage, especially a sexually attractive feature.

   She bunched up the blouse behind her to look at herself and sighed at her modestly endowed body.

   Countries far less endowed than ours have made greater economic progress through greater coherence and unity of purpose.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of endow.

Other Word Forms

• unendowed adjective
• well-endowed adjective

Etymology

Origin of endowed

endow ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Some have endowed their orders with moral condemnation.

From Los Angeles Times

And yet in nature’s heart I felt liberated and endowed with a splendor beyond anything humans could ever purchase.

From Literature

Language, which evolved within the past 200,000 years, endowed our species with the ability to plan for the future and reflect on the past, thus extending our selves backward and forward in time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Much of the picture is devoted to songs and dances, with the children trying to determine whether this ragtag minstrel is really endowed with supernatural abilities.

From The Wall Street Journal

But no matter the score, they are all endowed with ebullience, charm and color under his baton.

From The Wall Street Journal