disendow

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verb

To deprive of an endowment.

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Meanings

verbdisendow (third-person singular simple present disendows, present participle disendowing, simple past and past participle disendowed)

present singular third person disendows · participle present disendowing · participle past disendowed · past disendowed

  1. To deprive of an endowment.

    by law established, you cannot disestablish and disendow the Irish Branch without also disestablishing and disendowing the United Church

    1868, a London rector, letter to William Ewart Gladstone

Origin

From dis- + endow.

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APA

disendow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disendow

MLA

“disendow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disendow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disendow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disendow.

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