1. a person who deprives someone of an endowment or removes an endowment
Usage: rare; formal

1. to deprive of an endowment; to remove or withdraw an endowment from
Usage: rare; formal

Examples

• The board voted to disendower the scholarship fund due to budget constraints.
• Historical records show that the king sought to disendower the monastery of its lands.
• A disendower of charitable institutions faces public scrutiny.
• The legislature threatened to disendower the university if it did not comply with new regulations.
• Those who disendower educational programs undermine future generations.