Disendow

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 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"

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cut offdisowndispossessevictexpropriateforeclose

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

Etymology

From dis- + endow.

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