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endowing
We have found lemma(root) word of endowing : endow.
Definitions
[ɛnˈdaʊ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- provide with a quality, ability, or asset
(e.g: he was endowed with tremendous physical strength)
- give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution)
(e.g: he endowed the Church with lands)
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Origin
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late Middle English (also in the sense ‘provide a dower or dowry’; formerly also as indow): from legal Anglo-Norman French endouer, from en- ‘in, towards’ + Old French douer ‘give as a gift’ (from Latin dotare: see dower)
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