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Endow

endow vt

[Anglo-French endower, from Old French en-, prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dotdos gift, dowry]
: to furnish with income
;esp
: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of [a scholarship ed by the testator]

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
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