Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Provided with a dower or dowry: Describes a person, typically a woman, who has been given or endowed with a dower (property or money a wife brings to her husband at marriage) or dowry (property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage).
   • Endowed with a natural gift or talent: Used figuratively to describe someone who possesses a natural talent, ability, or quality from birth.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The dowered bride entered into a financially secure marriage. (The bride who brought a dowry entered into a financially secure marriage.)
  • She was dowered not only with wealth but also with great intelligence. (She was endowed not only with wealth but also with great intelligence.)
  • He felt dowered with a remarkable sense of patience. (He felt naturally gifted with a remarkable sense of patience.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be dowered with": This is the most common construction, used to indicate the specific gift, talent, or property with which someone is endowed.
  • The artist was dowered with an extraordinary imagination. (The artist was gifted with an extraordinary imagination.)
  • The land was dowered to the eldest daughter upon her marriage. (The land was given as a dower to the eldest daughter upon her marriage.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dower (noun): A widow's share for life of her deceased husband's estate; or the property a wife brings to her husband.
• Dowry (noun): Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.
• Endow (verb): To provide with a quality, ability, or asset.
• Endowed (adjective): Provided or supplied with a quality or asset.

Synonyms

• Endowed: Provided with a quality or asset.
• Gifted: Having a special natural ability or talent.
• Bequeathed: Left (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.
• Bestowed: Presented as a gift or honor.

Related Phrases

• Dower house: A house forming part of or attached to a dower.
• Dower rights: The legal rights of a widow to a portion of her deceased husband's estate.

Related Idioms

• Dowered by nature: A phrase emphasizing a natural, inborn gift or quality.
  • As a musician, she was dowered by nature with perfect pitch. (As a musician, she was naturally gifted with perfect pitch.)

Adjective

1. supplied with a dower or dowry