DOWER

• (noun) a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

• (noun) money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

  synonyms : dowery , dowry , portion

• (verb) furnish with an endowment

  "When she got married, she got dowered"

  synonyms : endow

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