See Also: dower(dictionary)
Dower(law)
ASSIGNMENT OF DOWER(law)
ADMEASUREMENT OF DOWER, remedies(law)
WRIT OF DOWER, practice(law)
DOWER UNDE NIHIL HABET(law)
NE UNQUES SEISIE QUIZ DOWER, pleading(law)

dower (iou)



dower noun & verb. LME.
[Old French douaire from medieval Latin dotarium, from Latin dotare endow, from dos, dot- dowry, DOT noun2, rel. to dare give: see -ARY1.]
A. noun.
Law (now Hist.). The share of a dead man's estate that was formerly allowed to his widow for life. LME.
= DOWRY 2. Now arch. & poet. LME.
An endowment or gift of nature; a talent. LME.
Comb.: dower chest (a) a wedding-chest; (b) US a hope chest; dower house a smaller house on the estate of a large one, forming part of a widow's dower and intended as her place of residence; dower land: forming part of a widow's dower.
b. verb.
verb trans. Give a dowry to; endow with a dowry. L15.
E. Bowen The daughters should be well dowered with Bland money.
verb trans. Endow or furnish with an attribute, talent, or gift. L18.
E. M. Forster A man dowered with coarse kindliness, and rustic strength.
doweress noun a widow holding a dower; a dowager: E16-E19.
dowerless adjective E17.