Noun
- 1. dowry, dowery, dower, portion, gift
- usage: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- 2. dower, life estate, estate for life
- usage: a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
Verb
- 1. endow, dower, give, gift, present
- usage: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"
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