Dower synonyms

dou'ər

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gift
To present a gift to
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endow
(Obs.) To provide with a dower
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endue
To take on, to take the form of.
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gird
To endow with some attribute
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invest
The definition of invest is to put valuable resources into something that you expect will give you a personal or financial gain.
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give (related)
(May take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
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dowry
Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.
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dowery
Alternative form of dowry.
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portion
The part of a meal or quantity of food served to a person; serving; helping
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jointure (related)
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marriage portion (related)
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Cunynghame (related)
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Emeldon (related)
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Find another word for dower. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dower, like: gift, endow, endue, gird, invest, give, dowry, dowery, portion, jointure and marriage portion.
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Dower Sentence Examples

  • In all these cases the father might dower her.

  • If there is no issue she takes the whole of the personal estate, while the real estate, subject to her dower, goes first to her husband's father and then to his mother, brothers and sisters.

  • Neither can by will deprive the other of the right of dower or courtesy in the real estate and of the right to one-third of the personal estate.

  • A widow has a dower interest in one-third of her husband's real estate unless barred by a jointure or an agreement.

  • Otherwise he might marry a freewoman (the children were then free), who might bring him a dower which his master could not touch, and at his death one-half of his property passed to his master as his heir.

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