dowable

[ dou-uh-buhl ]

adjective

, Law.

1. subject to the provision of a dower:

   dowable land.

2. entitled to dower.

dowable

/ ˈdaʊəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being endowed
2. (of a person, esp a widow) entitled to dower

Word History and Origins

Origin of dowable¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French; endow, -able

Example Sentences

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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