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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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower..

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

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

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

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

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

Dowery :: Dowery (n.) See Dower.

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

Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..

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