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Definition of Natural endowment
1. Noun. Natural abilities or qualities.
Generic synonyms: Natural Ability
Specialized synonyms: Bent, Hang, Knack, Flair, Genius, Raw Talent
Derivative terms: Endow, Gift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Endowment
Literary usage of Natural endowment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir of Col. Ethan Allen by Hugh Moore (1834)
"It, consequently , followed, that no-one, save a man of strong natural endowment*—of
much decision, energy and bravery, could control their prejudices and ..."
2. Education, Its Principles and Practice by George Combe, William Jolly (1879)
"EDUCATION SHOULD BE REGULATED ACCORDING TO natural endowment. Education is Men
have observed, that the faculties are developed in succession ..."
3. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1898)
"the natural endowment which no other coast resort can equal. There are good small
hotels like the Julian, Iowa Villa, Seaside Inn and Belle- view Lodge, ..."
4. The Beautiful and the Sublime: An Analysis of These Emotions and a by John Steinfort Kedney (1880)
"CULTURE,—natural endowment,—IDEAS,—INSIGHT,—IMAGINATION,—THE ACTUAL AND THE IDEAL.
IN the special soul-activity alluded to in the previous chapter, ..."
5. Practical Essays by Alexander Bain (1884)
"A taste of a high order, founded on natural endowment, formed by education, and
strengthened by active devotion, is also paid for by the atrophy of other ..."
6. Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and by Evelyn Abbott (1880)
"... that this belief was more than counterbalanced by a conviction that mere
natural endowment ... natural endowment ..."
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