endowed

[ en-doud ]

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.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of endow ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·en·dowed adjective
• well-en·dowed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of endowed¹

endow ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Independent front suspension—that still features more articulation than the Wrangler’s solid axle—will endow the Bronco with good ride quality, more capable on-pavement handling, and the ability to travel in a straight line at highway speeds.

From Outside Online

Small satellites are coming of age as miniature sensors, electronics, and computers endow capabilities once reserved for bus-sized satellites on satellites the size of a few toasters.

From Singularity Hub 

That evolution endowed them with a fairly coarse-grained map isn’t very surprising, given the imperfections of Earth’s magnetic field.

From Nautilus

Nearly every bit of it’s explicit in nature, drawn in typical over-the-top, over-endowed Tom of Finland style.

From Washington Blade

By matching tire pressures across an axle, the Indeflate endows trucks with safer, more predictable handling.

From Outside Online

The wide-open Nebraskan landscape is endowed with a raw grace.

From The Daily Beast

As a class, our supernerds are so well-endowed that they can have it both ways.

From The Daily Beast

The money would come from "a combination of mandatory student fees and an endowed lecture fund."

From The Daily Beast

And is it true that David Duchovny [her co-star in the 2004 comedy Connie and Carla] is well-endowed?

From The Daily Beast

That is, are human beings the product of innate features endowed at birth (nature)?

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Nugent was a small man, that is physically, but intellectually was well endowed.

From Project Gutenberg

Virginia has been richly endowed with caverns, springs, unusual rock formations and a dense, swampy wilderness.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, Virginia is well-endowed geographically and has many potential resources for future progress.

From Project Gutenberg

Naturally endowed with the sweetest disposition, virtue seemed never to cost her any effort.

From Project Gutenberg

Both were endowed with unusual attractions of person, spirits invigorated by enthusiasm, and the loftiest heroism.

From Project Gutenberg