Dower vs Dowed - What's the difference?
dower | dowed |
(legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 1
(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
* Sir J. Davies
* Wordsworth
(dow)
(obsolete) To be worth.
(obsolete) To be of use, have value.
To have the strength for, to be able to.
To thrive, prosper.
As verbs the difference between dower and dowed
is that dower is to give a dower or dowry while dowed is past tense of dow.As a noun dower
is the part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.dower
English
Noun
(en noun)- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.