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Definition of Dowed
1. dow [v] - See also: dow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowed
Literary usage of Dowed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"dowed by Mr. Henry W. Sage in Cornell University. DR. FRANZ HOFMEISTER, professor
of pharmacology at Prague, known for his researches in physiological ..."
2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1808)
"dowed _by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, for the comfortable support and maintenance
of thirty-six poor persons; one half to be poor men, and the other half ..."
3. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"-[dowed. Dow'-a-ble, «. that may be en- Dow'-a-Jer, n. a widow with Dow'-dy, n.
an awkward wo- Dow'-er, n. the portion of aa jointure. ..."
4. Livingstone's History of the Republican Party: A History of the Republican by William Livingstone (1900)
"... dowed tin' same with $10.1I(I1I; the Hackley Manual Training School. costing,
with equipment, #1(I0,000, with an endowment of $100000; ..."
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