Both Uses
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The Idiot
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- The prince has this to do with it—that I see in him for the first time in all my life, a man endowed with real truthfulness of spirit, and I trust him.†
Chpt 1.14 *
- In reality the devil is a great and terrible spirit, with neither hoofs, nor tail, nor horns; it is you who have endowed him with these attributes!†
Chpt 3.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(endow) give or provide with (something of value)In reference to a financial gift, endow typically refers to a large gift given with the understanding that the gift will be invested forever and only the earnings will be spent.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)