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engift en · VERB

Etymology

From en- + gift.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To give a gift to.
   • 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. 2010, Robert L. Reymond, A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith, →ISBN, page mcvii:
   • 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, Boyd Blundell, Paul Ricoeur between Theology and Philosophy, →ISBN:
   • We cannot aspire to attain such knowledge on our own and it has to be engifted. 2014, Eugene G Breen, The Human Mind and Belief II - Unplugged, →ISBN:
   • Said in French, 'This is a fine fermentation your brother has engifted us with. 2010, Helen Hollick, A Hollow Crown, →ISBN, page 23:

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