endow [] v. 捐赠,赋予
donate [] v. 捐赠,赠送
denote [] vt. 表示,意味着
Although the phrase was used by this country’s founders to denote equality before the law, it has also been interpreted to mean equality of opportunity. (NETEM 1994, Passage 3, Paragraph 4)
尽管这句话被国家缔造者们用来预示法律面前人人平等,它也被解释为机会面前人人平等。