douer

Senses

1. 1.

   to endow

   to provide with a natural talent or ability

2. 2.

   to gift

   to give a dower or dowry to (archaic/formal)

Examples

• "Elle est douée d'une grande intelligence."

  She is endowed with great intelligence.

• "Il a été doué de talents musicaux exceptionnels."

  He was gifted with exceptional musical talent.

• "La nature l'a doué d'une mémoire remarquable."

  Nature has endowed him with remarkable memory.

Usage

Commonly used in the passive or with the preposition 'de' to express innate talents or abilities. The past participle 'doué(e)' is far more frequent in modern usage than the full verb conjugations. Literary or formal register.