Powered vs Dowered - What's the difference?
powered | dowered |
(of a device) Self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.
* 2007 , John W. Diers and Aaron Isaacs, Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul , University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-4358-X, page 145,
(power)
(dower)
(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
As verbs the difference between powered and dowered
is that powered is past tense of power while dowered is past tense of dower.As an adjective powered
is self-powered, such as by an electric motor or an internal engine; not requiring external power, such as from a person or a horse.powered
English
Adjective
(-)- Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car.
Derived terms
* battery-poweredVerb
(head)dowered
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Verb
(head)dower
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Noun
(en noun)- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.