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嫁妆,天赋,从亡夫处得来的产业给以产业,给以嫁妆

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dower \Dow"er\, n. [F. douaire, LL. dotarium, from L. dotare to
   endow, portion, fr. dos dower; akin to Gr. ? gift, and to L.
   dare to give. See 1st {Date}, and cf. {Dot} dowry,
   {Dotation}.]
   1. That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

            How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower! --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.

            Man in his primeval dower arrayed.    --Wordsworth.

   2. The property with which a woman is endowed; especially:
      (a) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage;
          dowry. [Obs.]

                His wife brought in dower Cilicia's crown.
                                                  --Dryden.
      (b) (Law) 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.
          --Blackstone.

   Note: Dower, in modern use, is and should be distinguished
         from dowry. The former is a provision for a widow on
         her husband's death; the latter is a bride's portion on
         her marriage. --Abbott.

   {Assignment of dower}. See under {Assignment}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dower
     n 1: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at
          marriage [syn: {dowry}, {dowery}]
     2: a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of
        her husband
     v : furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got
         dowered" [syn: {endow}]