Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: endowed
IPA transcription: [ɛnd'aʊd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: endowed
    Meaning: provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature); "a well-endowed college"; "endowed with good eyesight"; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"
Usage examples
  • Nature had endowed me with a profusion of crisp black hair, and plenty of high spirits.
  • Now I ask you: what can be expected of man since he is a being endowed with strange qualities?
  • Sir Walter Scott also endowed the White Lady of Avenel with many of the attributes of the undines or water-sprites.
  • Indeed, they had all seemed remarkably taciturn, and when they did speak, endowed with very uncanny voices. What was wrong with them?
  • But, best of all, the Fairies endowed the little Princess with beauty, and virtue, and health, and every good thing that could be desired.
  • Identification of will, or effort, with mere strain, results when a mind is set up, endowed with powers that are only to be applied to existing material.
  • The Spider of the brushwood, on the contrary, endowed with greater maternal devotion, has, like the Crab Spider, to mount guard over hers until they hatch.
  • The males of all ranks, if endowed with industry might be of service to the public; and none of them could want employment suited to his station and capacity.
  • A single trial is usually sufficient to satisfy the uninitiated on this point; for, the beaver, above all other wild animals of America is endowed with an extraordinary amount of instinct.
  • After quitting this richly endowed island, Drake landed at Greater Java, where he was very warmly welcomed by the five kings amongst whom the island was partitioned, and by the inhabitants.