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Endowment

The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

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Bent 76% connected

of Bend

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chantry 76% connected

An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Genius 76% connected

A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hang 76% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knack 76% connected

To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Patrimony 76% connected

A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.

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Capital 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the head.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gift 76% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Giving 76% connected

of Give

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Dower 74% connected

That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dower 74% connected

That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indue 74% connected

To put on, as clothes; to draw on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indue 74% connected

To put on, as clothes; to draw on.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gift 92% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Talent 92% connected

Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs.…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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