- endow a hospital
- endow a hospitalschenkingen doen aan een ziekenhuis
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endow — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French endower, from en + dower, douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot , dos gift, dowry more at date Date: 14th century 1. to furnish with an income; especially to make a grant of money … New Collegiate Dictionary
endow — en‧dow [ɪnˈdaʊ] verb [transitive] to give a sum of money to a college, hospital etc in order to give it an income: • He planned the museum and helped raise the $55 million to build and endow it. endowment noun [countable, uncountable] : • King s… … Financial and business terms
endow — [en dou′, indou′] vt. [ME endouen < Anglo Fr endouer < OFr en , in + dotare, to endow < dos: see DOT2] 1. to provide with some talent, quality, etc. [endowed with courage] 2. to think of as having some quality or characteristic [to endow … English World dictionary
endow — UK [ɪnˈdaʊ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms endow : present tense I/you/we/they endow he/she/it endows present participle endowing past tense endowed past participle endowed to give money to a school, hospital, or other institution Phrasal… … English dictionary
endow — en|dow [ınˈdau] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: endouer, from Latin dotare to give ] to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that provides it with an income endow with [endow sb/sth with sth] phr v 1.) to make someone … Dictionary of contemporary English
endow — en|dow [ ın dau ] verb transitive to give a large amount of money to a school, hospital, or other institution en dow with phrasal verb transitive FORMAL to give a particular quality to something, or to say that something has a particular quality … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
endow — verb (T) to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that will provide it with an income endow sb with sth phrasal verb (T) 1 be endowed with to naturally have a good feature or quality: She was endowed with both looks and brains. 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
endow — verb 1) the CEO endowed a hospital for sick kids Syn: finance, fund, pay for, provide for, subsidize, support financially, put up the money for; establish, found, set up, institute 2) nature endowed fish with gills Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
endow — verb 1) Henry II endowed the hospital Syn: finance, fund, pay for, subsidize, sponsor 2) he was endowed with great strength Syn: provide, supply, furnish, equip, favour, bless … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
dower — vb Dower, endow, endue are comparable when meaning to furnish or provide with a gift. Dower specifically denotes the provision of the dowry which a woman brings to a husband in marriage {a well dowered bride} It may also imply the bestowal of a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Bl. John Colombini — Blessed John Colombini † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed John Colombini Founder of the Congregation of Jesuati; b. at Siena, Upper Italy, about 1300; d. on the way to Acquapendente, 31 July, 1367. There was nothing in his early life… … Catholic encyclopedia
