Towered vs Dowered - What's the difference?
towered | dowered |
(tower)
Equipped with a tower.
(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 towered and dowered
is that towered is (tower) while dowered is (dower).As an adjective towered
is equipped with a tower.towered
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* nontowered * towerlessdowered
English
Verb
(head)dower
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Noun
(en noun)- How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower !
- Man in his primeval dower arrayed.