| 单词 | to fortune off or out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fortune off or out 2. To endow with wealth or a fortune; to dower. (rare: cf. fortuned adj.) Also, to fortune off or out: to get (a daughter) off one's hands by dowering her. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [verb (transitive)] > give as dowry > give dowry to > get daughter off hands by dowering to fortune off or out1747 society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > endow worthOE goodOE dow1297 allowc1400 rentc1400 endowc1440 enduec1440 seizec1450 empossessc1500 revestc1500 indot1520 endote1528 dotatec1540 estate1609 instate1614 portion1663 vest1748 fortune1838 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [verb (transitive)] > give as dowry > give dowry to endow1528–30 dote1560 tochera1578 dowry1588 endower1606 dowera1616 indotate1647 portion1836 fortune1838 dot1887 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxiii. 145 He is to fortune her out to a young lover! 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 31 In order that they may save a few hundreds for fortuning off their girls. 1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 5 253 They have dowered their wives, and fortuned their daughters. 1881 M. Laffan in Macmillan's Mag. 44 389 She grumbled..over the expensive schooling of her two grand-daughters. The money, in her opinion, would have been far better kept to ‘fortune them off’. < as lemmas |
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