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Dowered
Dowered Dow"ered, p. a.
Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
--Shak.
Dowerless
Dowerless Dow"er*less, a.
Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. --Shak.
DoweryDowery Dow"er*y, n.
See Dower. EndowerEndower En*dow"er, v. t. [Cf. OF. endouairer. See Dower,
Endow.]
To endow. [Obs.] --Waterhouse. Endower
Endower En*dow"er, n.
One who endows.
Overshadower
Overshadower O"ver*shad"ow*er, n.
One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. --Bacon.
Widower
Widower Wid"ow*er, n.
A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married
again. --Shak.
Widowerhood
Widowerhood Wid"ow*er*hood, n.
The state of being a widower.
Meaning of Dower from wikipedia
- Dower is a provision accorded by law, but traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support in the event that she should become widowed...
- to buy land to add to his personal estate. She also brought nearly 100 dower slaves for her use during her lifetime. They and their descendants reverted...
- On an English, Scottish or Welsh estate, a dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of the...
- The Dower House, Stoke Park is a building in Bristol, England. It is one Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill above the M32 motorway...
- Colonel Alan Vincent Gandar Dower (28 March 1898 – 6 May 1980) was a British Army officer and politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP)...
- Dower Lake is a lake in Todd County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Dower Lake was named for Sampson Dower, an English settler. List of lakes in Minnesota...
- until 1972, of the Ryukyu Islands – was fully restored. According to John Dower, in his book Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq, the factors...
- Dower & Hall is a British Jewellery brand that was established in 1990 by husband and wife team Dan Dower & Diane Hall. The brand has a store in Glasgow...
- during an Islamic marriage. "Dower" is the English translation that comes closest to Islamic meaning of mahr, as "dower" refers to the payment from the...
- political figure. The marriage gave Washington control over Martha's one-third dower interest in the 18,000-acre (7,300 ha) Custis estate, worth about £40,000...
