dower
noun
the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
undowered
-
a word derived from
dower.
Example Sentences
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Swanhild is fair, and she shall not go hence a wife undowered.
From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider
You will not be an heiress, perhaps, my dear," he had said to her, "though you deserve to be one; but neither will you be undowered.
From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James
You, I think, assumed more than was your right, in demanding that I should break a promise that I had given, to a lady against whom nothing could be said, save that she was undowered.
From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
He was not mercenary; it would not be true to say he had not felt a certain degree of satisfaction in knowing that his bride would not be altogether undowered.
From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
At the same time, Lashmar's selection of an undowered mate spoke well for him.
From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George
