動詞 endow:

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

1. She both built and endowed the hospital.
   她不僅建了醫(yī)院還給醫(yī)院捐贈資金。
2. He is endowed with literary talent.
   他有文學天分。
3. He endowed the hospital with a large fortune.
   他捐贈一筆巨款給這家醫(yī)院。

en.dow

v.tr.（及物動詞）
en.dowed,en.dow.ing,en.dows
To provide with property, income, or a source of income.
資助，捐贈：提供財產、收入或收入來源

To equip or supply with a talent or quality:
賦予，賜予：具有或賦予資質、才能：
例句：
Nature endowed her with a beautiful singing voice.
大自然賦予她一副美妙的歌喉

To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality:
想象，給予：想象為帶有討人喜歡的才能或品性：
例句：
endowed the family pet with human intelligence.
想象賦予家庭寵物以人的智慧

Obsolete To provide with a dower.
【廢語】 給予寡婦其亡夫的遺產

來源：
Middle English endowen
中古英語 endowen
from Anglo-Norman endouer
源自 英法語 endouer
Old French en- [intensive pref.] * see en-
古法語 en- [提供給（亡夫的）產業(yè)] *參見 en-
Old French douer [to provide with a dowry] from Latin dôt3re from dôs dôt- [dowry] * see dô-
古法語 douer [加強前綴] 源自 拉丁語 dôt3re 源自 dôs dôt- [寡婦所得到的亡夫的產業(yè)] *參見 dô-