endow
verb (used with object)
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income.
endows
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present tense formof endow (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In 2013 Miller teamed up with two co-authors of the new paper, Mattia Rigotti of IBM Research and Stefano Fusi of Columbia University, to show how mixed selectivity endows the brain with powerful computational flexibility.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024
On the one hand, the baleen whales' unusual larynx endows them with a remarkable ability.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
The water warms the air above the sea surface, which endows passing storms with more energy and can allow them to generate fiercer winds.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Michael Billington of The Guardian, reviewing her there, wrote, “Carlin Glynn endows the madam with the refined good breeding and slight romantic forlornness of the head of a very classy, fee-paying American girls’ school.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
The selective highlighting endows the lifesize figure of David and the gruesome head with a startling presence.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
