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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dotation \Do*ta"tion\, n. [LL. dotatio, fr. L. dotare to endow, fr. dos, dotis, dower: cf. F. dotation. See {Dot} dowry.] 1. The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman. 2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. --Blackstone. | |
