Endow
Endow , transitive verb
[Old French endouer; pref. en- (Latin in) + French douer to endow, Latin dotare. See Dower, and compare 2d Endue.]
1.
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
Endowing hospitals and almshouses.
2.
To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.