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1 endow
endow [ɪn'daʊ]∎ to endow a hospice with £1 million doter un hospice d'un million de livres(b) (usu passive) to be endowed with sth être doté de qch;∎ endowed with great talents doué de grands talents;∎ a woman endowed with great beauty une femme dotée d'une grande beauté; -
2 endow
endow [ɪnˈdaʊ]* * *[ɪn'daʊ] -
3 bless
∎ God bless (you)!, bless you! que Dieu vous bénisse!;∎ Mary, bless her, has agreed to do it Mary, Dieu soit loué, a accepté de le faire;∎ he remembered her birthday, bless his heart! et il n'a pas oublié son anniversaire, le petit chéri!;∎ bless your heart! que tu es gentil!;∎ familiar old-fashioned bless me if I didn't forget her name! figurez-vous que j'avais oublié son nom!;∎ familiar I'm blessed if I know! que le diable m'emporte si je sais!;∎ I bless the day I learnt to swim béni soit le jour où j'ai appris à nager;∎ God bless America = phrase traditionnellement prononcée par le président des États-Unis pour terminer une allocution∎ to be blessed with sth jouir de qch, avoir le bonheur de posséder qch;∎ she is blessed with excellent health elle a le bonheur d'avoir une excellente santé;∎ Nature has blessed him with an extraordinary memory la nature l'a doué d'une mémoire extraordinaire;∎ they have been blessed with two fine children ils ont deux enfants adorables;∎ familiar he hasn't a penny to bless himself with il n'a pas le sou∎ to bless God bénir ou adorer Dieu -
4 invest
invest [ɪnˈvest]a. [+ money, capital, funds] investir (in dans, en)• to invest sb as [+ monarch, president] élever qn à la dignité de• to invest in shares/property investir dans des actions/dans l'immobilier* * *[ɪn'vest] 1.transitive verb1) ( commit) investir, placer [money]; consacrer [time, energy] (in à)2) ( bestow)to invest somebody with — investir quelqu'un de [right, authority, power]
3) Politics investir [president]2.1) Finance investir2) ( buy)to invest in — investir dans [equipment]
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endow — verb (T) to give a college, hospital etc a large sum of money that will provide it with an income endow sb with sth phrasal verb (T) 1 be endowed with to naturally have a good feature or quality: She was endowed with both looks and brains. 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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