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Dowered vs Cowered - What's the difference?

dowered | cowered |

As verbs the difference between dowered and cowered

is that dowered is (dower) while cowered is (cower).

dowered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dower)

    • dower

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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
    • How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
  • * Wordsworth
    • Man in his primeval dower arrayed.

    Antonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * (l) * ("dower" on Wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give a dower or dowry.
  • To endow.

    • Anagrams

    *

    cowered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cower)

    • cower

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
    • He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
  • * Dryden
    • Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
  • * Goldsmith
    • Like falcons, cowering on the nest.
    See also
    * coward * cowardice

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cherish with care.
    • (Webster 1913)