jointure

jointure is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A joining; a joint. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A joining; a joint.
2. noun. An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
3. transitive verb. To settle a jointure upon.
4. noun. the act of making or becoming a single unit

   "the union of opposing factions"

   "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"

   Synonyms: conjugation, unification, union, uniting

5. noun. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

Synonyms

conjugation, unification, union, uniting

Common word forms

jointured, jointures, jointuring, jointureless

Words from these letters

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