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Dow :: Dow (v. t.) To furnish with a dower; to endow.

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..

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..

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

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower..

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

Dowress :: Dowress (n.) A woman entitled to dower.

Endowment :: Endowment (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support..

Admeasure :: Admeasure (v. t.) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with 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..

Attach :: Attach (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach..

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