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When at the first those tidings did they bring, My heart turned troubled at the ominous thing: Though well may such a title him endower, For whom a poet's prayer implores a poet's power.

From Poems by Thompson, Francis

On the contrary, it especially demands a divine creative force as the starter of its processes and the endower of the atoms with their peculiar properties.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

It wouldn't be right to ask 'em each for a dime, like Hope's letter did, to endower a hospital bed, 'cause I haven't got the bed, and anyway I don't need money.

From Heart of Gold by Brown, Ruth Alberta

Empress was a munificent endower of monasteries, and was at all times most liberal towards Bec.

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Turner, Dawson

The Schola Cantorum looked upon Gregory I. as its founder and endower.

From St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music by Wyatt, E. G. P.