endowing

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A form of endow — To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of endow

    A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.

    1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 3, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN
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APA

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Chicago

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

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