Associations to the word «Endowed»

Wiktionary

ENDOWED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of endow
ENDOWED, adjective. Pertaining to an endowment, as with an endowed chair at a university.
ENDOWED CHAIR, noun. (chiefly US) An endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty salary, research and travel stipends or other associated costs and continues in perpetuity.
ENDOWED CHAIRS, noun. Plural of endowed chair

Dictionary definition

ENDOWED, adjective. 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".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.