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dower
English
Etymology
From Middle English dower, dowere, from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin d?t?rium, from Latin d?s.
Pronunciation
- enPR: dau?-?r, IPA(key): /?da?.??/
- (UK) IPA(key): [?da?.?(?)]
- (US) IPA(key): [?da?.?]
- Rhymes: -a?.?(?)
- 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 […]
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1
- (obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
- c. 1600, John Davies, The Dignity of Man
- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!
- 1793, William Wordsworth, Descriptive Sketches
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.
- c. 1600, John Davies, The Dignity of Man
Antonyms
- curtesy
Related terms
Translations
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)
- To give a dower or dowry.
- To endow.
Anagrams
- e-word, rowed, worde
Middle English
Alternative forms
- dowere, douweer, dowaire, dowaire, dowayr, douere
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin d?t?rium; equivalent to dowen +? -er. Doublet of dowarye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du????r(?)/, /?du??r(?)/
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, figuratively) A intrinsic or inherent property or attribute.
- (rare, astrology) A portion of the world under the domination of a particular star sign.
Descendants
- English: dower
- Scots: dower
References
- “d?u??r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.
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vower
English
Etymology
vow +? -er
Noun
vower (plural vowers)
- One who makes a vow.
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Anagrams
- revow
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Etymology
From Middle English four, from Old English f?ower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar. Cognates include English four and Scots fower.
Numeral
vower
- four
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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