Dowable

//ˈdaʊəbəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being endowed. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Entitled to dower. not-comparable

    "all wives would have become dowable of such lands as were held to the use of their husbands"

Example

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"all wives would have become dowable of such lands as were held to the use of their husbands"

Etymology

From Middle French dowable; equivalent to dow + -able.

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