Both Uses of
endow
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Mrs. Palmer, on the contrary, who was strongly endowed by nature with a turn for being uniformly civil and happy, was hardly seated before her admiration of the parlour and every thing in it burst forth.†
Chpt 19 *
- What she would engage to do towards augmenting their income was next to be considered; and here it plainly appeared, that though Edward was now her only son, he was by no means her eldest; for while Robert was inevitably endowed with a thousand pounds a-year, not the smallest objection was made against Edward's taking orders for the sake of two hundred and fifty at the utmost; nor was anything promised either for the present or in future, beyond the ten thousand pounds, which had been…†
Chpt 50
Definition:
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(endow) give something of value to -- usually a significant amount of money or something of financial value, but sometimes qualities or abilities too
(often given with the understanding that the gift will be invested forever and only the earnings will be spent)