engift

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Etymology[edit]

en- +‎ gift

Verb[edit]

engift (third-person singular simple present engifts, present participle engifting, simple past and past participle engifted)

  1. (transitive) To give a gift to.
    • 2010, Boyd Blundell, Paul Ricoeur between Theology and Philosophy, →ISBN:
      Platonic philosophy was a natural ally for early Christianity because of its “sheer sense of wonder at the engifted gracious possibilities within which we live and move and have our being."
    • 2010, Helen Hollick, A Hollow Crown, →ISBN, page 23:
      Said in French, 'This is a fine fermentation your brother has engifted us with.
    • 2010, Robert L. Reymond, A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith, →ISBN, page mcvii:
      The sole purpose and objective behind the Spirit's engifting Christians with various gifts is the edifying of the body of Christ and the building up the saints in love.
    • 2014, Eugene G Breen, The Human Mind and Belief II - Unplugged, →ISBN:
      We cannot aspire to attain such knowledge on our own and it has to be engifted.

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