Definitions

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  • verb obsolete To be worth.
  • verb obsolete To be of use, have value.
  • verb To have the strength for, to be able to.
  • verb To thrive, prosper.
  • verb To furnish with a dower; to endow.

Etymologies

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Old English dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganan. Cognate with Dutch deugen, German taugen, Swedish duga.

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From French douer, from Latin dotare.

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  • If my esteemed colleague doesn't stop coming out of her office and loudly announcing, every fifteen minutes, the latest depths to which the Dow has plunged, I may well pull out a harquebuss and aim it at her. The stupidhead.

    October 10, 2008

  • Aaagh! Try a blunderbus.

    October 10, 2008

  • D'oh + Ow.

    October 10, 2008

  • Just found this, here:

    Overheard in New York

    Hobo on subway to man in suit: Spare change? Anyone? Spare change for the homeless? You look like you worked for Lehman Brothers, you're excused.

    --51st St

    Overheard by: Kate

    October 23, 2008

  • A dove. A dowcate is a term for a pigeon-house, pronounced dookit, according to Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841. dovecote

    A shot amang the dows meant "any thing done at random".

    May 16, 2011