Dower in a sentence as a noun

"Thy truth, then, be thy dower" -- nobody speaks like that anymore, because it's more tedious to do so, and I have no time to express my thoughts in such a vague manner.

Dower in a sentence as a verb

The wealth associated with those roles, which is to say the consolidate dower, belongs to society not to the individual lucky enough to get to fill the role.

Dower definitions

noun

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

See also: dowry dowery portion

noun

a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

verb

furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"

See also: endow