Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
A divine gift, grace, or spiritual favor.
Modern meaning
Personal magnetism or social allure.
Research lens
A sacred gift becomes a social-performance asset without fully losing its aura of bestowed force.
Meaning trail
Root
gift of grace
The sacred register came first.
Older sense
spiritual endowment
Religious communities used the word for bestowed gifts.
Now
personal magnetism
The divine source faded into social presence.