Merriam-Webster Logo
SINCE 1828
Menu
dictionary thesaurus

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 

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

First Known Use of reendow

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about reendow

Statistics for reendow

Look-up Popularity

Time Traveler for reendow

The first known use of reendow was in 1607

See more words from the same year

Comments on reendow

What made you want to look up reendow? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

Show Comments  Hide Comments 

WORD OF THE DAY

exculpate

to clear from alleged fault or guilt

Get Word of the Day daily email!

Test Your Vocabulary

Difficult Vocab Quiz

  • the-education-of-achilles-eugne-delacroix
  • Which is a synonym of discomfit?
Name That Thing

Test your visual vocabulary with our 10-question challenge!

TAKE THE QUIZ
Word Winder's CrossWinder

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Words at Play

Ask the Editors

Word Games