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||En`do*the"ci*um (?), n. [NL. See Endotheca.] (Bot.) The inner lining of an anther cell.

En`do*the"li*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of, or relating to, endothelium.

||En`do*the"li*um (?), n.; pl. Endothelia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + &?; nipple.] (Anat.) The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

En`do*the"loid (?), a. [Endothelium + -oid.] (Anat.) Like endothelium.

En`do*tho"rax (?), n. [Endo- + thorax.] (Zoöl.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

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.

En*dow"er (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. endouairer. See Dower, Endow.] To endow. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

En*dow"er, n. One who endows.

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.

||En`do*zo"a (n`d*z"), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + zw^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) See Entozoa.

En*drudge" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + drudge.] To make a drudge or slave of. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

En*due" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing.] [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.] To invest. Latham.

Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Luke xxiv. 49.

Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts.

Book of Common Prayer.

En*due", v. t. An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson.

En*due"ment (?), n. Act of enduing; induement.

En*dur"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. endurable. See Endure.] Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.

En*dur"a*bly, adv. In an endurable manner.

En*dur"ance (?), n. [Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure.] 1. A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.