endow
verb (used with object)
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income.
had been endowing
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past perfect progressiveof endow.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps this downfall of the heroism with which she had been endowing his resistance, was one of the most cruel blows of all.
From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Charlotte Mary Yonge
