English Explanatory Dictionary

dowage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. dower; dowry.

Word forms

dowage dowages

Etymology

From Old French douage, from douer + -age, from Latin dōtō (“to endow”), from dōs (“dowry”). By surface analysis, dow + -age.

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