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  • noun Plural form of endow.

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Examples

  • In his scientific epic poem, The Botanical Garden (1791), Darwin endows plants with lustful human attributes, and in The Temple of Nature (1803) he offers a theory of evolution that foreshadows that of his grandson, Charles Darwin, in seeking to demonstrate the affiliation of all living things in a family tree reaching back to the primordial slime.

    Introduction 2001

  • Given that the Canopic jars of Egyptians hold the vital organs of the deceased should they be of use in the afterlife, the title seemingly endows the claw with the function of extracting the metal insides of the deceased Chrysler Imperial god.

    G. Roger Denson: From Detroit, Egypt: Matthew Barney Resurrects an American God G. Roger Denson 2011

  • Given that the Canopic jars of Egyptians hold the vital organs of the deceased should they be of use in the afterlife, the title seemingly endows the claw with the function of extracting the metal insides of the deceased Chrysler Imperial god.

    G. Roger Denson: From Detroit, Egypt: Matthew Barney Resurrects an American God G. Roger Denson 2011

  • Given that the Canopic jars of Egyptians hold the vital organs of the deceased should they be of use in the afterlife, the title seemingly endows the claw with the function of extracting the metal insides of the deceased Chrysler Imperial god.

    G. Roger Denson: From Detroit, Egypt: Matthew Barney Resurrects an American God G. Roger Denson 2011

  • The least obvious answer: The man on the airplane was a female-to-male transsexual who, like a lot of forward-thinking FTMs, declined to get an expensive phalloplasty during his transition and the pretty much nonfunctional penis a phalloplasty "endows" an FTM with.

    News on Anchorage Press 2009

  • This endows even the most abstract or esoteric learning students are assigned to undertake with practical usefulness.

    Idit Harel Caperton: Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: Let Them Make Games! Idit Harel Caperton 2012

  • The pivotal figure, in this respect, is Diana, whom Katherine Parkinson superbly endows with a quality of slowly erupting despair that reminded me of her memorable Masha in a Royal Court Seagull.

    Absent Friends - review 2012

  • In a few deft strokes, Mr. Ball endows William and Molly with a sweetness and decency that make their fate at the hands of the shadowy government a suspenseful and emotional experience for the reader.

    Tender and Tense Sam Sacks 2011

  • This endows even the most abstract or esoteric learning students are assigned to undertake with practical usefulness.

    Idit Harel Caperton: Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: Let Them Make Games! Idit Harel Caperton 2012

  • This endows even the most abstract or esoteric learning students are assigned to undertake with practical usefulness.

    Idit Harel Caperton: Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: Let Them Make Games! Idit Harel Caperton 2012

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