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endower

endower noun: one who endows.

Noun

endower (plural endowers)

  1. One who endows.

Verb

endower (third-person singular simple present endowers, present participle endowering, simple past and past participle 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

Forms of endower

Noun
pluralendowers
Verb
third-person singular presentendowers
present participleendowering
past participleendowered
pastendowered

Origin of endower

From endow + -er.

Compare Old French endouairer.

Questions about endower

What does endower mean?
Endower means one who endows.
What part of speech is endower?
Endower can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of endower?
The plural of endower is endowers.

Words near endower in the dictionary

  1. endowable
  2. endowed
  3. endowed chair
  4. endowed chairs
  5. endowedst
  6. endower
  7. endowered
  8. endowering
  9. endowers
  10. endowest
  11. endoweth

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