The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gift \Gift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Gifting.]
   To endow with some power or faculty. See gift[4].
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         He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity. --I.
                                                  Taylor.
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