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dowable

[ dou-uh-buhl ]

adjective

Law.
  1. subject to the provision of a dower:

    dowable land.

  2. entitled to dower.


dowable

/ ˈ»å²¹ÊŠÉ™²úÉ™±ô /

adjective

  1. capable of being endowed
  2. (of a person, esp a widow) entitled to dower
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dowable1

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French; endow, -able
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The Frenchmen diuerse times required to haue some dower assigned foorth for The Frenchmen demand a dower for quéene Isabell. queene Isabell, but that was at all times vtterlie denied, for that the marriage betwixt hir and king Richard was neuer consummate, by reason whereof she was not dowable.

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