vbl. sb. [f. ENDOW v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENDOW.

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c. 1460.  Fortescue, Abs. & Lim. Mon., xix. (1714), 139. How grete Goode wyll growe of the forme endowyng of the Crowne.

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1631.  Weever, Anc. Fun. Mon., 199. In building and endowing of an Hospitall.

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1740.  J. Clarke, Educ. Youth (ed. 3), 189. The Building and endowing of Colleges.

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1861.  Pearson, Early & Mid. Ages Eng., 112. This endowing of the first adventurers.

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