ppl. a. [f. ENDOW v.] In senses of the vb. Chiefly of societies or institutions: Possessing a secured income from property bequeathed or given.

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1700.  Dr. Wallis, in Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), I. 324. They are schools endowed; with exhibitions … for the education of youth.

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1846.  M’Culloch, Acc. Brit. Empire (1854), II. 315. The names, free school, endowed school, grammar school, &c., are often used with some degree of confusion.

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1870.  Echo, 9 Nov. There are the endowed charities which derive a steady annual income from invested property.

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  ¶ b.  Used transf. of the secured income. rare.

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1845.  R. W. Hamilton, Pop. Educ., viii. 191. The endowed stipend would not yield the master the most meagre support.

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