reendow

verb

re·en·dow (ˌ)rē-in-ˈdau̇

-en-

variants or re-endow

reendowed or re-endowed; reendowing or re-endowing

transitive verb

1

: to endow (someone or something) again

reendowing the country with a sense of security

He also tried to reendow the nobility with the power that Louis XIV had snatched from it.—

Virginia Cowles

2

: to provide an endowment for (something) again

a campaign to reendow the university

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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“Reendow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reendow. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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