dower
See also: Dower
English
Etymology
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From Middle English dower, dowere, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French doeire, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin dōtārium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dōs.
Pronunciation
- enPR: dauʹ-ər, IPA(key): /ˈdaʊ.əɹ/
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- Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
- Homophone: dour (for some speakers)
Noun
dower (plural dowers)
- (law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
- (law) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1
- […] how features are abroad, / I am skill-less of; but, by my modesty,— / The jewel in my dower,—I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you […]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 6:
- In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1
- (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.
- Sir J. Davies
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
part of deceased's property
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property given to wife at marriage
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See also
- bride price
- dower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
dower (third-person singular simple present dowers, present participle dowering, simple past and past participle dowered)
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium; equivalent to dowen + -er. Doublet of dowarye.
Pronunciation
Noun
dower (plural dowers)
- A dower; a life estate of a male spouse's property.
- (rare) A gift given by the bride's family to the groom or his relatives; dowry.
- (rare, figurative) A intrinsic or inherent property or attribute.
- (rare, astrology) A portion of the world under the domination of a particular star sign.
Descendants
References
- “dǒuē̆r(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.
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