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What is another word for dowering?

Pronunciation: [dˈa͡ʊəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Dowering is a term used to describe the act of providing a dowry or gift to someone. There are several synonyms for dowering, including endowing, bequeathing, granting, contributing, and bestowing. Endowing implies giving something of great value or importance, such as an inheritance or legacy. Bequeathing, on the other hand, involves leaving something in a will to a particular person or organization. Granting refers to giving something as a result of an application or request. Contributing is the act of giving or donating to a cause or project. Bestowing means giving a gift or honor, usually in recognition of something. Overall, each synonym for dowering implies the act of giving something of significance to another person.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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Ugly she was; yet, after the bloom of her ugliness wore off, you admired perforce the full iron-colored eyes alive with power, and wondered why nature in dowering her with a big brain had not made for her a more refined mouth.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
Laetitia had long thirsted both for a dowering money-bag at her girdle, and the wings to fly abroad over lands which had begun to seem fabulous in her starved imagination.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
A witty woman is such salt that where she has once been tasted she must perforce be missed more than any of the absent, the dowering heavens not having yet showered her like very plentifully upon us.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith

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