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dower

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈdaʊ.əɹ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deorwStarts with DEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. furnish with an endowment

Word origin

From Middle English dower, dowere, from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dowry.

Used in a sentence

  • […] how features are abroad, / I am skill-less of; but, by my modesty,— / The jewel in my dower,—I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you […]
  • In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece.
  • How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!

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