endow (endou)

t. [Formerly also indow (also endew, endue: see endue2 ); Book of Common Prayer , Marriage Service. I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgre ed. Shak., Much Ado, ii. 1. IMG:content-0474.png:[blocks in formation] endow Our Laws give great encouragement to the best, the noblest, the most lasting Works of Charity;. ing Hospitals and Alms-houses for the impotent, distem per'd, and aged Poor. Stilling fleet, Sermons, II. vii. Also known as Forster's Act. =Syn. Endue, Endow. See endue2. One who endows.