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dowering

dowering is the present participle and gerund of dower.

Meaning of dower

Verb

dower (third-person singular simple present dowers, present participle dowering, simple past and past participle dowered)

  1. (transitive) To give a dower or dowry to.
    • He had married a lady well educated and softly nurtured, but not dowered with worldly wealth.1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage
  2. (transitive) To endow.
    • It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws.1927, H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

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Noun

dowering (countable and uncountable, plural dowerings)

  1. The act of giving a dower.

Forms of dowering

pluraldowerings

Questions about dowering

What does dowering mean?
Dowering means the act of giving a dower.
What is dowering the present participle and gerund of?
Dowering is the present participle and gerund of dower.
What part of speech is dowering?
Dowering is a noun.
What is the plural of dowering?
The plural of dowering is dowerings.

Words near dowering in the dictionary

  1. dower
  2. dowered
  3. doweress
  4. doweresses
  5. doweries
  6. dowering
  7. dowerings
  8. dowerless
  9. dowerlessness
  10. dowers
  11. dowery

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