DOWER
\dˈa͡ʊə], \dˈaʊə], \d_ˈaʊ_ə]\
Definitions of DOWER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
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money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
By Princeton University
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a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
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money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
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The property with which a woman is endowed
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That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
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The property with which a woman is endowed
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That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A jointure, that part of the husband's property which his widow enjoys during her life-sometimes used for DOWRY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To provide with a dower; endow.
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A widow's life portion (usually a third) of her husband's lands and tenements; the sum of one's natural gifts; endowment.
By James Champlin Fernald
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