endow

动词 endow:

1. give qualities or abilities to
   同义词：indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
2. furnish with an endowment
   同义词：dower

1. She both built and endowed the hospital.
   她不仅建了医院还给医院捐赠资金。
2. He is endowed with literary talent.
   他有文学天分。
3. He endowed the hospital with a large fortune.
   他捐赠一笔巨款给这家医院。

en.dow

v.tr.（及物动词）
en.dowed,en.dow.ing,en.dows
To provide with property, income, or a source of income.
资助，捐赠：提供财产、收入或收入来源

To equip or supply with a talent or quality:
赋予，赐予：具有或赋予资质、才能：
例句：
Nature endowed her with a beautiful singing voice.
大自然赋予她一副美妙的歌喉

To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality:
想象，给予：想象为带有讨人喜欢的才能或品性：
例句：
endowed the family pet with human intelligence.
想象赋予家庭宠物以人的智慧

Obsolete To provide with a dower.
【废语】 给予寡妇其亡夫的遗产

来源：
Middle English endowen
中古英语 endowen
from Anglo-Norman endouer
源自 英法语 endouer
Old French en- [intensive pref.] * see en-
古法语 en- [提供给（亡夫的）产业] *参见 en-
Old French douer [to provide with a dowry] from Latin dôt3re from dôs dôt- [dowry] * see dô-
古法语 douer [加强前缀] 源自 拉丁语 dôt3re 源自 dôs dôt- [寡妇所得到的亡夫的产业] *参见 dô-