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ally, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.

fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs.] Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise. Spenser.

That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversat…

ension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.

An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.

A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.

and wounded and the status of those who minister to them in war. Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865. -- Geneva cross (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; -- the flag…

Grand master. (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. -- Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [Obs.] Holland. -- Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. -- Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usual…

The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.

Like a home or a home circle. Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale.

r guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. Shak.

The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow.

Hospitality. [Obs.] Spenser.

To receive hospitality; to be a guest. [Obs.] Grew.

A hospital.

One who exercises hospitality, or has plentiful and hospitable household. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions. [Obs.] Tell me, softly and hastly, what's in the pantry Small housekeeping enough, said Phoebe. Sir W. Scott.

rength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.