endow

verb4

1. •
   To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

   • Men began to build Churches on their own Grounds, at their own Charges, and to endow these; and they were naturally the Masters, and in the true Signification of the Roman word, the Patrons of them. — 1713
2. •
   To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

   • Wherby we bith lerned þat it shalnot only be goode to owre prince, but also to vs selff, that he be well indowed; ffor ellis the patriarke wolde not haue made such a trety. — 1885
3. •
   To naturally furnish (with something).

   • She was endowed with a beautiful voice.
4. •
   (no longer used) To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”).