endow
verb (used with object)
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income.
have endowed
-
present perfectof endow.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Some have endowed their orders with moral condemnation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
The founders certainly could have endowed the Supreme Court with preemptive oversight of laws enacted by Congress and the president.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2023
But to judge by much of the literature, it’s precisely the more categorical assertions of rationality that have endowed the movement with its intellectual cachet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
And so natural selection would have endowed organisms with means that help them solve conflicts in their favor: fangs, antlers, neurotoxic venoms.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2022
Time, and repeated screenings, have endowed the memory with a menace the original did not possess.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
