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Definition of 'dower'English
Noun
( en-noun)
(legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 1
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(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
* Sir J. Davies
- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
* Wordsworth
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.
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Verb
( en-verb)
To give a dower or dowry.
To endow.
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Similar to 'dower'dear, deer, door, dier, doer, dyer, dour, duar, douar, dewier, dauer, dewar, dyor, darr, dtor, dayer, dhuhr, dorr
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