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English
Etymology
From dis- + endow.
Verb
disendow (third-person singular simple present disendows, present participle disendowing, simple past and past participle disendowed)
- To deprive of an endowment.
1868, a London rector, letter to William Ewart Gladstone:by law established, you cannot disestablish and disendow the Irish Branch without also disestablishing and disendowing the United Church
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References
“disendow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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