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赋予,授予,给予

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Endow \En*dow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Endowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Endowing}.] [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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

endow
     v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: {indue}, {gift}, {empower},
           {invest}, {endue}]
     2: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got
        dowered" [syn: {dower}]