Part 3769

<h1>Endower</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dow"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who endows.</def>

<h1>Endowment</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dow"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; <as>as, the <ex>endowment</ex> of a church, a hospital, or a college</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.</def>

<blockquote>His early <b>endowments</b> had fitted him for the work he was to do. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Endozoa</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*zo"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ within + <?/ an animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Entozoa</er>.</def>

<h1>Endrudge</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*drudge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>drudge</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make a drudge or slave of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Endue</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*due"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Endued</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Enduing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>induere</ets>, prob. confused with E. <ets>endow</ets>. See <er>Indue</er>.]</ety> <def>To invest.</def>

<i>Latham.</i>

<blockquote>Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be <b>endued</b> with power from on high. <i>Luke xxiv. 49.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Endue</b> them . . . with heavenly gifts. <i>Book of Common Prayer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Endue</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*due"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>An older spelling of <er>Endow</er>.</def>

<i>Tillotson</i>.

<h1>Enduement</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*due"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of enduing; induement.</def>

<h1>Endurable</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dur"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>endurable</ets>. See <er>Endure</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.</def> <i>Macaulay</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>En*dur"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Endurably</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dur"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an endurable manner.</def>

<h1>Endurance</h1> <Xpage=491>