reendow

verb

re·en·dow | \ (ˌ)rē-in-ˈdau̇ ,

-en- \

variants: or re-endow

reendowed or re-endowed; reendowing or re-endowing

Definition of reendow

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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

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