The standard pattern is endow with. Other prepositions after endow are uncommon or usually belong to separate sentence elements.
Use endow with when talking about giving someone or something a quality, ability, or resource. Endow by, endow in, endow for, and endow like are generally not standard verb-preposition combinations.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use with for talents, features, or characteristics.
Endow with can describe donating money or property to an institution.
This passive pattern is common in formal English.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
With is the normal preposition after endow.
✕ The project endowed students by new skills. ✓ The project endowed students with new skills.Endow usually requires with before the quality or resource.
✕ Nature endowed him great strength. ✓ Nature endowed him with great strength.By belongs to passive voice, not to the main pattern.
✕ The charity endowed by scholarships. ✓ The charity endowed the school with scholarships.Like is not used after endow in this meaning.
✕ She was endowed like courage. ✓ She was endowed with courage.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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With is the standard preposition after endow.
Yes, but usually only in passive sentences such as endowed by a donor.
Yes. It is more common in formal, academic, and literary contexts.
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