undowered
- a word derived from dower.
Example Sentences
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At the same time, Lashmar's selection of an undowered mate spoke well for him.
From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George
Swanhild is fair, and she shall not go hence a wife undowered.
From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider
I can see yet the tears scorch in the proud eyes of three undowered sisters, slaving at their one art of embroidery from early till late for the miserable pittance that it brought them.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
So Sara Dufarge went out cursed, undowered, and an orphan, from the old house, and Père Dormeur was left desolate indeed.
From Miss Grantley's Girls And the Stories She Told Them by Archer, Thomas
As Mr. Conway beautifully puts it: 'But again the Cause arose before him; he must part from all—patent interests, literary leisure, fine society—and take the hand of Liberty undowered, but as yet unstained.
From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine
