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DOWER
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English
English : variant of Dower.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
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n.
The property with which a woman is endowed
n.
That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
v. t.
To furnish with a dower; to endow.
v. t.
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.
n. pl.
Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
n.
That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.
n.
That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
n.
The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.
a.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
n. pl.
The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own.
n.
The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
p. a.
Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
a.
Of or relating to a dower.
n.
A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
n.
A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.
v. t.
Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.
a.
Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.
n.
See Dower.
n.
A woman entitled to dower.
n.
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.