en·dow /in-'dau̇/ vt [Anglo-French endower, from Old French en -, prefix stressing completion + douer to endow, from Latin dotare, from dot - dos gift, dowry]: to furnish with income; esp: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of
a scholarship endow ed by the testator
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.