Crossword-Solution: DOWER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dower | n. | That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. |
| Dower | n. | The property with which a woman is endowed |
| Dower | n. | That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry. |
| Dower | n. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DOWER | anagram | ROWED |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DOWER (5)
Tennyson knows that “the poet’s mind is holy ground”; he knows that the poet’s portion is to be “Dower’d with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love”; he has shown, in the lines from which we quote, his own just conception of the grandeur of a poet’s destiny; and we look to him for its fulfilment.
Let each day pass, well ordered in its usefulness, Unlit by sunshine, unscarred by storm; Dower me with strength and curb all foolish eagerness -- The law exacts obedience.
And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer.
Gifts have we only to-day -- Love without promise or fee -- Hear, for thy children speak, from the uttermost parts of the sea! The Song of the Cities BOMBAY Royal and Dower-royal, I the Queen Fronting thy richest sea with richer hands -- A thousand mills roar through me where I glean All races from all lands.
Torrid summers and freezing winters, labour and drudgery and ignorance, were the portion of their girlhood; a short wooing, a hasty, loveless marriage, unlimited maternity, thankless sons, premature age and ugliness, were the dower of their womanhood.
Quotes with DOWER (1)
... The happy Warrior... is he... who, doomed to go in company with pain, and fear, and bloodshed, miserable train turns his necessity to glorious gain; in face of these doth exercise a power which is our human nature's highest dower: controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves of their bad influence, and their good receives: by objects, which might force the soul to abate her feeling, rendered more compassionate; is placable because occasions rise so often that demand s…
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Appears in: LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 23 times in crossword archives (1951–2018).