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endowed, ppl. a.|ɛnˈdaʊd|
[f. endow v.]
In senses of the vb. Chiefly of societies or institutions: Possessing a secured income from property bequeathed or given.
1700Dr. Wallis in Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) I. 324 They are schools endowed; with exhibitions..for the education of youth. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) II. 315 The names, free school, endowed school, grammar school, etc., are often used with some degree of confusion. 1870Echo 9 Nov., There are the endowed charities which derive a steady annual income from invested property.
¶b. Used transf. of the secured income. rare.
1845R. Hamilton Pop. Educ. viii. 191 The endowed stipend would not yield the master the most meagre support. |