SG Heritage Dictionary

Dower [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That portion of the lands or tenements of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, after the death of her husband. [This is the usual present signification of the word.]

2. The property which a woman brings to her husband in marriage.

3. The gift of a husband for a wife.

4. Ask me never so much dowry and gift. Genesis 34:1 .

5. Endowment; gift.

6. How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower

Dower [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

2. The property with which a woman is endowed

3. That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

4. That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.

Dowered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Furnished with dower, or a portion.

Dowered [Participial adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.

Dowerless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Destitute of dower; having no portion or fortune.

Dowerless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.

Dowery [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

DOWERY , DOWRY, A different spelling of dower, but little used, and they may well be neglected.

Dowery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Dower.

Property Roget’s Thesaurus §780

N. property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt

V. possess, be the possessor of, own, have for one's own, have for one's very own, come in for, inherit, savor of the realty, be one's property, belong to, appertain to, pertain to

Adj. one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal

Adv. to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assigns