DOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dower mean? 

• DOWER (noun)
  The noun DOWER has 2 senses:

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

2. a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

  Familiarity information: DOWER used as a noun is rare.

• DOWER (verb)
  The verb DOWER has 1 sense:

1. furnish with an endowment

  Familiarity information: DOWER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

dower; dowery; dowry; portion

Hypernyms ("dower" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)

Derivation:

dower (furnish with an endowment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("dower" is a kind of...):

estate for life; life estate ((law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it)

Derivation:

dower (furnish with an endowment)

• DOWER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnish with an endowment

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

dower; endow

Context example:

When she got married, she got dowered

Hypernyms (to "dower" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dower"):

benefice (endow with a benefice)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

dower (a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband)

dower; dowery (money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage)