endowed

[ en-doud ]

adjective

1. supported by a permanent fund or source of income:

   A cooperative owned by 50 families set up the endowed scholarship in 2000.

2. naturally possessing a certain quality, talent, physical feature, or other advantage, especially a sexually attractive feature:

   She bunched up the blouse behind her to look at herself and sighed at her modestly endowed body.

   Countries far less endowed than ours have made greater economic progress through greater coherence and unity of purpose.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of endow ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·en·dowed adjective
• well-en·dowed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of endowed¹

endow ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Our revolution was based on a democracy where conceptually all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

From Salon

Goffredi has studied life around shallower methane seeps, such as worms endowed with symbiotic microbes capable of converting methane into energy.

From Science Magazine

Mankind’s ability to produce and enjoy melodies, he wrote in 1874, “must be ranked amongst the most mysterious with which he is endowed.”

From New York Times

Residential galleries also are defined by what they’re not: design showrooms, permanent exhibits, private collections or endowed artist shrines.

From Los Angeles Times

The photothermal properties endowed in cork through this laser processing allow the cork to warm quickly in the sun.

From Science Daily