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endow

[en-dou] / ɛnˈdaʊ /
VERB
give large gift
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bestow donate empower enable enhance enrich subsidize
STRONG
accord award back bequeath confer contribute endue establish favor finance found fund furnish grant heighten invest leave organize promote provide sponsor subscribe supply support will
WEAK
come through with lay on make over settle on vest in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease reduce refuse take
STRONG
condemn deny destroy disagree disapprove discourage dishonor hurt keep neglect oppose take away withhold
WEAK
receive

Example Sentences

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David A. Duffield, the founder of PeopleSoft and Workday, is giving $371.5 million to Cornell University, largely to endow the Ivy League school’s engineering college, which will be named after him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

She gave $10 million in 2002 to endow LACMA’s director’s position.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

For breeders to make use of that diversity, however, they need to know which landraces could endow wheat with potentially desirable traits.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 16, 2024

Many people know fish sauce from Asian cuisines, where it is used to endow dishes with umami.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

The main challenge lay in finding an entity to endow.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.