Both Uses
endow
in
The Brothers Karamazov
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- In this way the elders are endowed in certain cases with unbounded and inexplicable authority.†
Chpt 1 *
- It is worse if we are carried away by the artistic instinct, by the desire to create, so to speak, a romance, especially if God has endowed us with psychological insight.†
Chpt 12
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)