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disendowing

disendowing is the present participle and gerund of disendow.

Meaning of disendow

Verb

disendow (third-person singular simple present disendows, present participle disendowing, simple past and past participle 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 Church1868, a London rector, letter to William Ewart Gladstone

Questions about disendowing

What is disendowing the present participle and gerund of?
Disendowing is the present participle and gerund of disendow.

Words near disendowing in the dictionary

  1. disendorsing
  2. disendow
  3. disendowed
  4. disendower
  5. disendowers
  6. disendowing
  7. disendowment
  8. disendowments
  9. disendows
  10. disenergize
  11. disenergized

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