English-Thai Dictionary
endow
VT บริจาค มอบ เงินทุน ให้ give provide supply bo-ri-jak
endow with
PHRV บริจาค ให้ กับ bo-ri-jak-hai-kab
endow with
PHRV สร้าง ให้ มี (ความสามารถ โดยธรรมชาติ sang-hai-me
endowment
N การ บริจาค donation grant kan-bo-ri-jak
endowment
N ความสามารถ สมรรถนะ ability qualification talent kwam-sa-mad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENDOW
v.t.[L. dos, doto, or a different Celtic root. ] 1. To furnish with a portion of goods or estate, called dower; to settle a dower on, as on a married woman or widow.
A wife is by law entitled to be endowed of all lands and tenements, of which her husband was seized in fee simple or fee tail during the coverture.
2. To settle on, as a permanent provision; to furnish with a permanent fund of property; as, to endow a church; to endow a college with a fund to support a professor.
3. To enrich or furnish with any gift, quality or faculty; to indue. Man is endowed by his maker with reason.
ENDOWED
pp. Furnished with a portion of estate; having dower settled on; supplied with a permanent fund; indued.
ENDOWING
ppr. Settling a dower on; furnishing with a permanent fund; inducing.
ENDOWMENT
n.The act of settling dower on a woman, or of settling a fund or permanent provision for the support of a parson or vicar, or of a professor, etc. 1. That which is bestowed or settled on; property, fund or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as the endowments of a church, of a hospital, or of a college.
2. That which is given or bestowed on the person or mind by the creator; gift of nature; any quality or faculty bestowed by the Creator. Natural activity of limbs is an endowment of the body; natural vigor of intellect is an endowment of the mind. Chatham and Burke, in Great Britain, and Jan, Ellsworth and Hamilton, in America, possessed uncommon endowments of mind.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENDOW
En *dow ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Endowing. ]Etym: [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in ) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See Dower, and cf. 2d Endue. ]
1. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty ); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.
ENDOWER
En *dow "er, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. endouairer. See Dower, Endow. ]
Defn: To endow. [Obs. ] Waterhouse.
ENDOWER
ENDOWER En *dow "er, n.
Defn: One who endows.
ENDOWMENT
ENDOWMENT En *dow "ment, n.
1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.
3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural. His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. I.Taylor.
New American Oxford Dictionary
endow
en dow |enˈdou ɪnˈdaʊ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution ): he endowed the church with lands. • establish (a college post, annual prize, or project ) by donating the funds needed to maintain it. • (usu. be endowed with ) provide with a quality, ability, or asset: he was endowed with tremendous physical strength. DERIVATIVES en dow er noun ORIGIN 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, toward ’ + Old French douer ‘give as a gift ’ (from Latin dotare: see dower ).
endowment
en dow ment |enˈdoumənt ɪnˈdaʊmənt | ▶noun the action of endowing something or someone: he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry. • an income or form of property given or bequeathed to someone. • (usu. endowments ) a quality or ability possessed or inherited by someone. • [ usu. as modifier ] a form of life insurance involving payment of a fixed sum to the insured person on a specified date, or to their estate should they die before this date: an endowment policy.
endowment mortgage
en ¦dow |ment mort |gage ▶noun Brit. a mortgage linked to an endowment insurance policy which is intended to repay the capital sum on maturity.
Oxford Dictionary
endow
endow |ɪnˈdaʊ, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution ): he endowed the Church with lands. • establish (a university post, annual prize, etc. ) by donating the funds needed to maintain it. 2 provide with a quality, ability, or asset: he was endowed with tremendous physical strength. • (be endowed ) informal have breasts or a penis of specified size: the girl on page three is well endowed. DERIVATIVES endower noun ORIGIN 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 ).
endowment
en ¦dow |ment |ɪnˈdaʊm (ə )nt, ɛn- | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the action of endowing something or someone: he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry. • [ count noun ] an income or form of property given or bequeathed to someone. 2 (usu. endowments ) a quality or ability possessed or inherited by someone. 3 [ usu. as modifier ] a form of life insurance involving payment of a fixed sum to the insured person on a specified date, or to their estate should they die before this date: an endowment policy.
endowment mortgage
en ¦dow |ment mort |gage ▶noun Brit. a mortgage linked to an endowment insurance policy which is intended to repay the capital sum on maturity.
American Oxford Thesaurus
endow
endow verb 1 the CEO endowed a hospital for sick kids: finance, fund, pay for, provide for, subsidize, support financially, put up the money for; establish, found, set up, institute. 2 nature endowed fish with gills: provide, supply, furnish, equip, invest, favor, bless, grace, gift; give, bestow; literary endue.
endowment
endowment noun 1 the endowment of a Chair of Botany: funding, financing, subsidizing; establishment, foundation, institution. 2 her will contained a generous endowment: bequest, legacy, inheritance; gift, present, grant, award, donation, contribution, subsidy, settlement; formal benefaction. 3 his natural endowments: quality, characteristic, feature, attribute, facility, faculty, ability, talent, gift, strength, aptitude, capability, capacity.
Oxford Thesaurus
endow
endow verb 1 Henry II endowed a hospital for poor pilgrims: finance, fund, pay for, donate money for, give money towards, provide capital for, subsidize, support financially; bequeath money for, leave money for, settle money on; establish, set up, institute, put in place, initiate, start, create, bring into being; informal fork out for, shell out for, cough up for, chip in for, pitch in for; Brit. informal stump up for; N. Amer. informal ante up for, kick in for, pony up for. 2 nature endowed the human race with intelligence: provide, supply, furnish, equip, invest, give, present, favour, bless, grace, award, gift, confer, bestow, enrich, arm; literary endue.
endowment
endowment noun 1 the endowment of a chair of botany: funding, financing, subsidizing; donation of money for, provision of capital for, bequest of money for; establishment, establishing, foundation, institution, setting up, inauguration. 2 a generous endowment from the will of the late professor: bequest, bequeathal, legacy, inheritance; gift, present, benefaction, bestowal, grant, award, donation, contribution, subsidy, settlement, provision; Law devise, hereditament; historical alms; rare donative. 3 his taste and inquiring mind were natural endowments: quality, characteristic, feature, attribute, facility, faculty, ability, talent, gift, strength, aptitude, capability, capacity.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
endow
en dow /ɪndáʊ / (! -owは /aʊ /) 動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 a. 【基金を 】〈大学 病院など 〉に寄付する «with » ▸ endow Cambridge University with one million pounds ケンブリッジ大学に百万ポンドを寄付する b. ｟かたく ｠〈人など 〉に 【物を 】与える «with » .2 a. 〖be ～ed 〗【能力 特質などを 】(天から )授けられた, (生まれながら ) «…に » 恵まれた (be blessed ) «with » ▸ She is endowed with both wit and beauty .彼女は才色兼備である .b. 【特性を 】〈人 物 〉に与える [持たせる ], 【特性が 】あると信じる «with » .
endowed
en d ó wed 形容詞 (資源などに )恵まれた, 豊かな ▸ the most richly endowed country 最も資源が豊かな国 .
endowment
en d ó w ment 名詞 1 C 〖通例 ～s 〗 «…のための » (組織などへの )寄付金, 基金 «for » ; U 寄付 (行為 [をすること ]).2 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 ～s 〗(生まれながらの )資質, 能力 .～́ ins ù rance [ass ù rance ]養老保険 .～́ m ò rtgage ｟英 ｠養老保険抵当融資 .～́ p ò licy ｟英 ｠〘法 〙養老保険証券 [証書 ].
The Wordsmith Dictionary