rare. Also 5 -awnt. [f. TALENT sb.]
† 1. trans. To fill with desire; = ENTALENT v.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, C j b. That shall talawnt hir wele, and cause her to haue goode appetide.
2. To endow with talent or talents. Chiefly in pa. pple. talented.
a. 1633. Abp. Abbot, in Rushw., Hist. Coll. (1659), 449. When one talented but as a common person, yet by the favour of his prince, hath gotten that interest.
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr., III. 103. So Great an Ability, as that wherewith Mr. Rogers was Talented. Ibid., IV. (1853), II. 18. In his peculiar opportunities, with which the free grace of Heaven hath talented him to do good unto the public.
a. 1774. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 589. We were neither born nor talented for ourselves alone; we are citizens of the universe.
