- disendow
- transitive verb Date: 1861 to strip of endowment • disendower noun • disendowment noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
disendow
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Disendow — Dis en*dow , v. t. To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disendow — I verb confiscate, cut off, denude, deprive, dethrone, discrown, disentitle, disinherit, disown, dispossess, divest, expropriate, strip, uncrown, unsaddle, unseat, wrest from II index deprive, disinherit, disown (refuse to acknowledge) … Law dictionary
disendow — [dis΄in dou′] vt. to deprive of endowment disendowment n … English World dictionary
disendow — disendower, n. disendowment, n. /dis en dow /, v.t. to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment. [1860 65; DIS 1 + ENDOW] * * * … Universalium
disendow — v. deprive of an endowment … English contemporary dictionary
disendow — verb deprive of an endowment, in particular deprive (a Church) of the property and funds that it receives from the state. Derivatives disendowment noun … English new terms dictionary
disendow — dis·endow … English syllables
disendow — v.tr. strip (esp. the Church) of endowments. Derivatives: disendowment n … Useful english dictionary
disendowment — noun see disendow * * * disendowˈment noun • • • Main Entry: ↑disendow … Useful english dictionary
disendower — noun see disendow … New Collegiate Dictionary
