单词 | to be endued with |
释义 | > as lemmasto be endued with a. To invest with a power or quality, a spiritual gift, etc. Often in passive to be endued with = to be possessed of (a certain quality).Nearly synonymous with endow v.; the two verbs may often be used interchangeably, but in modern use endow suggests that the power or quality is of the nature of a permanent advantage. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > endow with qualities or attributes girdc1000 enfortunec1374 due1395 endowa1420 endue1447 garnishc1450 invest1590 clothe1611 the world > action or operation > ability > be capable of [verb (transitive)] > enable or capacitate > endow with any ability endowa1420 endue1447 wire1987 α. β. 1536 R. Beerley Let. in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 34 Most reuerent lord yn God..ynduyd with all grace and goodnes.1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 8 An Oake in New-Forest..is indued with the same quality, putting forth leaves about the same time.1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. ii. 46 Kings, though indued with the Supream Power, are not..Lords over the people.1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 79 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The less a Man is endu'd with any Virtue, the more need he has to have it plentifully bestow'd.1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iii. iii. 156 Let us suppose a Scale of a Balance..indued with a self-moving Power.1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xvii. 305 A heart indued and informed with love for God and man.1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 13 With vertuhs ful excellently In hyr soule inward endewyd was she. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii v She beynge endued wt so grete towardnes of nature. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D3v Learning endueth mens mindes with a true sence of the frailtie of their persons. View more context for this quotation 1616 S. Hieron Christians Liue-loode in Wks. (1620) II. 37 Was it with what religion is the woman endewed, or with what portion is shee endowed? 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) ii. 27 The Apples seemed..endued with a most pleasant Taste. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §86. 98 Our Sight wou'd be endued with a far greater Sharpness. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 13 We know we are endued with Capacities of Action, of Happiness and Misery. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 898 Two mules with strength for toil endued. 1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse xxi. 92 Contented with the hue which endues its wings with beauty. < as lemmas |
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