dower | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun dower has 2 senses

dowry, dowery, dower - money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
--₁ is a kind of gift

Derived form: verb dower₁
dower - a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
--₂ is a kind of life estate, estate for life

Derived form: verb dower₁

,Verb dower has 1 sense

endow, dower - furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"
--₁ is one way to give, gift, present

Derived forms: noun dower₂, noun dower₁, noun dowery₁
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