endower

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noun

One who endows.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

endower1

nounendower (plural endowers)

plural endowers

  1. One who endows.

endower2

verbendower (third-person singular simple present endowers, present participle endowering, simple past and past participle endowered)

present singular third person endowers · participle present endowering · participle past endowered · past endowered

  1. To endow.

    This once renowned church was gloriously deckt with the jewels of her espousals[…]and frankly endowered.

    1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men

Origin

endower · verb

Compare Old French endouairer.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endower.

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