endowedadj.
/ɛnˈdaʊd/ a. In senses of the verb. Chiefly of societies or institutions: Possessing a secured income from property bequeathed or given.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [adjective] > endowing > endowed
dotatec1540
well-endowed1570
fortuned1632
endowed1700
1700 J. Wallis in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 324 They are schools endowed; with exhibitions..for the education of youth.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 443 The names, free school, endowed school, grammar school, &c., are often used with some degree of confusion.
1870 Echo 9 Nov. There are the endowed charities which derive a steady annual income from invested property.
b. transferred. Designating the secured income. rare.
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1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. viii. 191 The endowed stipend would not yield the master the most meagre support.
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