jointure

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A joining; a joint. obsolete
  2. An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
    — Then, Warwick, thus: our sister shall be Edward’s; / And now forthwith shall articles be drawn / Touching the jointure that your king must make, / Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.
动词 v.
  1. To settle a jointure upon. transitive
    — He never ſo much as ask’d me about my Fortune, or Eſtate; but aſſur'd me that vvhen vve came to Dublin he vvould Joynture me in 600l. a Year good Land; and that he vvould enter into a Deed of Settlement, or Contract here, for the Performance of it.

词形变化

jointures plural jointures present,singular,third-person jointuring participle,present jointured participle,past jointured past

词汇关系

衍生词
jointureless jointuress

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.
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