dow

verb — 3 senses

dow

verb

/daʊ/

Etymology From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

1

Northern England, Dialectal, Obsolete To be worth.

2

Northern England, Dialectal, Obsolete To thrive, prosper.

Derived terms: dowless, dowsome

dow

verb

Etymology From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō.

1

To furnish with a dower; to endow.

Derived terms: dowable

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