desponsagen.
Explained as: Betrothal. Error for despousage n.
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1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 154/1 Despousage of Althrid hys daughter.]
Quoted in 1836 C. Richardson Dict. as desponsage.
Hence in 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Foxe).
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