endowing

He wrote magnificently for actors, endowing them with powers of speech that surpass the capacities of most mere mortals.

Mercy, it says, “is the act of withholding deserved punishment, while grace is the act of endowing unmerited favor.”

Instead, they point to the social dangers of endowing self-interested personalities with the money to buy unaccountable influence in conflict with the public interest.

And so her just having that strength and passion and vision and endowing me and my little sisters with that, that became the baseline for our lives.

As the bone-in chicken thighs roast, the fat from the skin renders, endowing the buttered coating with a deep and delightful crunch.