dower

noun

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

Similar word(s): dowery, dowry, portion

Definition categories: possession, gift

2. a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

Definition categories: possession

verb

1. furnish with an endowment

- When she got married, she got dowered

Similar word(s): endow

Definition categories: possession, gift, give, present