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Dower

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Noun

1. dower, dowery, dowry, portion

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

2. dower

a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

Verb

3. dower, endow

furnish with an endowment

Example Sentences:
'When she got married, she got dowered'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dower

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noun
1. 
the life interest in a part of her husband's estate allotted to a widow by law
2.  an archaic word for dowry (sense 1)
3. 
a natural gift or talent
verb
4. (transitive)
to endow

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Dower

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noun
1. 
that part of a man's property which his widow inherits for life
2. 
a dowry
3. 
a natural talent, gift, or endowment
verb transitive
4. 
to give a dower to
5. 
to endow (with)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dower

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n.
1. Law
a. A spouse's legal entitlement, during his or her lifetime, to a share of a deceased spouse's real estate or other property.
b. The part or interest of a deceased man's real estate allotted by law to his widow for her lifetime.
2. A natural endowment or gift; a dowry.
tr.v. dow·ered, dow·er·ing, dow·ers
To give a dower to; endow.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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