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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]).
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. It was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life!
    — from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  5. He also endowed fourteen hospitals, and built three chapels.
    — from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. "My dear," said he, "heaven has endowed you with a heart more unyielding than woman ever yet had.
    — from The Odyssey by Homer

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