Literary notes about Endowed (AI summary)
The word "endowed" is used in literature to denote the bestowal of qualities, powers, or attributes upon a person, object, or institution in a way that often suggests a natural, divine, or intentional origin. Authors apply it to characters who are granted supernatural abilities or remarkable talents, as in instances where a hero is vividly described as possessing inborn strength or magical prowess ([1], [2], [3]). It also characterizes non-human elements, such as landscapes, buildings, or symbols, that are imbued with life or significance, signifying an inherent quality that sets them apart ([4], [5], [6]). In other writings, the term underscores the idea of endowed capacities like wisdom, reason, or even physical traits that distinctly shape identity and destiny ([7], [8], [9]).
- Here Swetaketu beheld the goddess Saraswati in her human shape, and spake unto her, saying, ‘May I be endowed with the gift of speech!”
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - Then when one hundred years had passed away, a son shining as the sun pierced the left side of the king endowed with a mighty soul, and came forth.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - In the second part of the story, we find the hero endowed again with magical powers far superior to those of the present-day wizards.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski - It was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life!
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - He also endowed fourteen hospitals, and built three chapels.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay - In the right aisle of the church every statue on the richly carved sarcophagi seemed endowed with life.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - A man to evoke such confidence and respect from the young, must necessarily be endowed with superior personality without lacking erudition.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe - If pleasure consists in the transition to a greater perfection, assuredly blessedness must consist in the mind being endowed with perfection itself.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza - "My dear," said he, "heaven has endowed you with a heart more unyielding than woman ever yet had.
— from The Odyssey by Homer