disendow

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ endow.

Verb

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

1. 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

Derived terms

• disendower

 

References

“disendow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dies down, disowned, downside