Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To bestow a dowry upon.
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. · Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family. · Inheritance from a deceased husband to his widow. · A natural gift or talent.
From Middle English dowarye, dowerie, from Anglo-Norman dowarie, douarie, from Old French douaire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs. Doublet of dower.
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