Word: dower

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Synonyms: dower

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: dower

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french
Translations:
dot
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russian
Translations:
наследие, приданое, талант
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finnish
Translations:
rahoittaa, myötäjäiset
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danish
Translations:
medgift
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czech
Translations:
věno
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polish
Translations:
uposażyć, posag
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ukrainian
Translations:
спадщина
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estonian
Translations:
kaasavara, pärandus
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croatian
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miraz
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lithuanian
Translations:
kraitis
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latvian
Translations:
pūrs
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romanian
Translations:
zestre

The meaning and "use of": dower

noun
  • a widow's share for life of her husband's estate. - But I do not agree that the guardian of these minors may purchase, in his own name and for his personal benefit, the dower interest of the widow in the lands to which his wards hold the fee.
verb
  • give a dowry to. - The barber charged me enough to dower two of his daughters.

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