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1.nounPayment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
2.nounPayment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
3.nounDower.
4.nounA natural gift or talent.
5.verbTo bestow a dowry upon."1999, Judith Everard, Michael C. E. Jones, Charters Duchess Constance Br, Page xvi"