dowable

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dowable

  • /ˈdaʊəbəl/

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From Middle French dowable; equivalent to dow + -able.

adjective

  1. not comparable Capable of being endowed.
  2. not comparable Entitled to dower. all wives would have become dowable of such lands as were held to the use of their husbands

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@misc{dowable_2026,
  title = {dowable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dowable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}