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dower

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
 : 
dow=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dower has 2 senses

Verb dower has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dower, n. & v.
--n.
1 a widow's share for life of her husband's estate.
2 archaic a dowry.
3 a natural gift or talent.
--v.tr.
1 archaic give a dowry to.
2 (foll. by with) endow with talent etc.

Idiom
dower house Brit. a smaller house near a big one, forming part of a widow's dower.
Derivative
dowerless adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF douaire f. med.L dotarium f. L dos dotis

THESAURUS

dower

ability, accouter, appanage, appoint, bless with, bump, caliber, capability, capacity, dot, dowry, endow, endow with, endowment, endue, equip, equipment, faculty, favor with, flair, forte, foundation, furnish, genius, gift, grace with, instinct, invest, investment, jointure, legal jointure, long suit, makings, marriage portion, metier, natural endowment, natural gift, outfit, parts, portion, potential, power, powers, qualification, settle on, settle upon, settlement, speciality, strong flair, strong point, talent, talents, the goods, the stuff, thirds, vest, vest with, what it takes

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Property

N property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt, one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal, to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assign.

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