dower

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dower, dowere, from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dowry. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: dauʹ-ər, IPA(key): /ˈdaʊ.əɹ/ (UK) IPA(key): [ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ)] (US) IPA(key): [ˈdaw.ɚ] Homophone: dour (for some speakers) Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== dower (plural dowers) (law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate. Antonym: curtesy (from deceased wife to her widower) (law) Property given by a groom to his bride or her family, at or before their wedding, in order to legitimize the marriage Synonyms: bride price, reverse dowry, dower, dowry (in its less common sense) Antonym: dowry (in its usual sense) Hypernyms: marriage-portion < price, fee, gift (obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== bride price dower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Verb ==== dower (third-person singular simple present dowers, present participle dowering, simple past and past participle dowered) (transitive) To give a dower or dowry to. (transitive) To endow. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English dower, equivalent to dough +‎ -er ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== dower (plural dowers) Alternative spelling of dougher. === Anagrams === e-word, rowed, worde == Middle English == === Alternative forms === dowere, douweer, dowaire, dowaire, dowayr, douere === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium; equivalent to dowen +‎ -er. Doublet of dowarye. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /duːˈɛːr(ə)/, /ˈduːər(ə)/ === Noun === dower (plural dowers) A dower; a life estate of a male spouse's property. (rare) A gift given by the bride's family to the groom or his relatives; dowry. (rare, figurative) An intrinsic or inherent property or attribute. (rare, astrology) A portion of the world under the domination of a particular star sign. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: dower Scots: dower ==== References ==== “dǒuē̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 October 2018.