| 单词 | dower |
| 释义 | dower (once / 2622 pages) nv WORD FAMILY dower: dowered, dowering, dowerless, dowers, dowery+/dowery: doweries USAGE EXAMPLESNov. 21 when he rear-ended a Mercedes stopped at a light near Dower House Road, according to Maryland State Police. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) “To help in raising and dowering her three daughters, as they are soon to be of marriaging age.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) “In fact, she would have been protected by dower law to have received one-third of his property after he died,” she says. National Geographic(Apr 21, 2016) 1n money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage Syn|Hyper dowery, dowry, portion gift something acquired without compensation 2n a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband Hyper estate for life, life estate (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it 3v furnish with an endowment When she got married, she got dowered Syn|Hypo|Hyper endow benefice endow with a benefice gift, give, present give as a present; make a gift of |
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