单词 | dowry |
释义 | dowryn.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property > widow's share of property dowryc1330 free benchc1436 dower1439 jointure1451 terce1473 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's chamber1680 widow's terce1684 dower-land1769 jointure-house1785 bench1795 dower-house1862 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > widow's inheritance dowryc1330 third1396 free benchc1436 dower1439 terce1473 maritagec1503 mordell1552 terce land1552 widow right1569 frank bank1598 free bank1606 widowhooda1616 widow's bench1673 widow's terce1684 1292 Britton ii. xix. §3 Le garraunt de sa dowarie avaunt le assignement..de sa certeyne dowarrie. 1292 Britton v. iii. §5 Dowarie deit estre assigné entierement et ne mie par parcelerie.] c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6538 Ffrensche wymen wolde þey non take..To haue cleym þorow heritage, Ne dowarye þorow mariage. 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 32 Here Dowerye &..here parte belonging to here of al my godes. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 217 Who had for her Dowrie Lhannerchheidol. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 76 The dowarie or great terce, perteining to ane woman. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 28. 182 His wife is deprived of her Dowry. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights 76 If he replies that he accepts her, and gives her a dowry. 2. The money or property the wife brings her husband; the portion given with the wife; tocher, dot; cf. dower n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > dowry moryeveOE marriagea1325 dowing1382 dowerc1386 dowrya1400 marriage money1454 marriage good1478 tocher1496 dote1509 jointurea1513 portion1513 endowry1523 tocher-good1538 dowagea1552 marriage dowrya1616 wedding-dowera1616 marriage portion1616 portion money1625 fortune1702 dot1822 a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 58 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv. 1670 Fle to take wife..take hir for na doweri. 1503 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) 240 (Jam.) The qwenis drowry and morwyn-gift. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 358 She that is good and fayre nede none other dowrie. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xi. vii. 182 Gif..this hald riall Suld be thy drowry, and riche gift dotal. 1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 20 That the husband wrongfully divorcing his wife should give back her dowry. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 36 Augustus married her to his Royal captive, and for a Dowry bestowed on him the Mauritanian and Numidian crowns. a1835 W. Motherwell in Whistle-Binkie (1839) 2nd Ser. 13 The fisch are the deer that fill my parks, And the water waste my drurie. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 329 [He] has impoverished himself to provide his daughters' dowries. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > bride-price dower1382 dowry?a1505 marriage paymenta1652 bride price1863 mohar1863 lobola1905 bride wealth1931 kiddushin1936 a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 583 in Poems (1981) 130 This royall ring, set with this rubie reid, Quhilk Troylus in drowrie to me send. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxiv. 12 Aske mee neuer so much dowrie and gift..but giue me the damsell to wife. View more context for this quotation 1717 S. Croxall in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses viii. i To his dear tent I'd fly..confess my flame And grant him any dowry that he'd name. 4. figurative. A ‘gift’ or talent with which any one is endowed by nature or fortune: an endowment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > a talent or special ability gifta1300 dowerc1375 dowryc1440 faculty1490 indument1527 dote1546 furniture1561 vein1568 talent1602 acquirement1607 enduement1609 endowmentc1610 genius1611 congruity1659 feeling1808 feel1891 c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. iv The body of man..shall receyue fully the ryche dowary of vndedlynes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 95 So are those crisped snaky golden locks..often knowne To be the dowry of a second head. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 183 Strength at Sea (which is one of the Principall Dowries of this Kingdome..). 1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 233 Beauty should be the dowry of every man and woman. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) ii. 73 A taste for poetry brings a rich dowry of intellectual and moral happiness. Compounds dowry-money; dowryless, dowry-seeking adjs. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [adjective] > of or relating to dowry > possessing a dowry > not dowerless1608 unportioned1661 portionless1694 tocherless1790 undowered1803 untochered1823 dowryless1925 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 67 Her Dowry money not payed out of France. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 267 The love-sick or dowry-seeking soldier. 1925 Glasgow Herald 31 Dec. 4 The ‘Army man’..outraged the conventions of Breffne by marrying a dowryless maiden for love. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female xv. 303 She came to be chosen in marriage for her dowryless self alone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † dowryv. Obsolete. transitive. To give a dowry to. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [verb (transitive)] > give as dowry > give dowry to endow1528–30 dote1560 tochera1578 dowry1588 endower1606 dowera1616 indotate1647 portion1836 fortune1838 dot1887 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 45 a For to dowrie their wiues with whom they shalbe married. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1330v.1588 |
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