dower

[US]/'daʊə/
[UK]/ˈdaʊɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. مهر، هدية، ممتلكات تم الحصول عليها من زوج متوفى

vt. يهب بممتلكات، يهب بمهر
Word Forms
Past Participledowered
Present Participledowering
Past Tensedowered
Third Person Singulardowers
Pluraldowers

Phrases & Collocations

widow's dower

مهر الأرملة

dower rights

حقوق المهر

Example Sentences

Philippa brought him her handsome dower settlement from the Warwick estates.

أحضرت له فيليبا مهرها اللائق والميسور من ممتلكات وارويك.

to endow with a dower

لِتَزَوَّجَ بِـ / لِتُزَوِّجَ بِـ

to claim a dower

لِطَلَبَ المهر

Real-world Examples

That result obtained, I shall leave monsieur to lay by as much as he likes for Madeleine, though the king will of course dower her, according to custom.

بعد الحصول على هذا النتيجة، سأترك السادة ليحتفظ بقدر ما يحب من أجل مادلين، على الرغم من أن الملك سيجهزها بالطبع وفقًا للعادات.

Source: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

The judicious parent, having nothing to bestow or withhold but his blessing, had handsomely settled that dower upon them after a short struggle, and had informed Mr. Pocket that his wife was " a treasure for a Prince" .

الأب الحكيم، الذي ليس لديه ما يمنح أو يمسك به سوى بركاته، قد استقر بشكل أنيق على تلك المهر لهم بعد صراع قصير، وأخبر السيد بوكيت أن زوجته " كنز للأمير".

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

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