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Endow :: Endow (v. t.) To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution..

Parapherna :: Parapherna (n. pl.) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own..

Dowered :: Dowered (p. a.) Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion..

Dower :: Dower (n.) The property with which a woman is endowe.

Dowable :: Dowable (v. t.) Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.

Endower :: Endower (v. t.) To endow.

Overshadower :: Overshadower (n.) One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything..

Dotal :: Dotal (a.) Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it..

Admeasure :: Admeasure (v. t.) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture..

Dower :: Dower (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband..

Dowerless :: Dowerless (a.) Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.

Dower :: Dower (n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Dower :: Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

Widower :: Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again..

Jointure :: "Jointure (n.) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower..

Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower..

Endower :: Endower (n.) One who endows.

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..

Concubinage :: Concubinage (n.) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine..

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