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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Endowment \En*dow"ment\, n.
     1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision
        for support.
  
     2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an
        institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently
        appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church,
        a hospital, or a college.
  
     3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind;
        gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents;
        -- usually in the plural.
  
              His early endowments had fitted him for the work he
              was to do.                            --I. Taylor.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  endowment
       n 1: natural qualities or talents [syn: {gift}, {talent}, {natural
            endowment}]
       2: the capital that provides income for an institution [syn: {endowment
          fund}]
       3: the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his
          generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick
          of time"

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