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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Dowery :: Dowery (n.) See Dower.

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

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

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.) The property with which a woman is endowe.

Dowral :: Dowral (a.) Of or relating to a dower.

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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