† desponsateadj.

Forms: Also dysponsate.

Etymology: < Latin dēsponsātus, past participle of dēsponsāre to betroth, frequentative of dēspondēre : see despond v.²

Obsolete.

1. Contracted or given in marriage, betrothed, espoused.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > betrothed

troth-plighta1300

handfasta1470

assured1474

desponsate1483

handfasted1535

contracted1548

betrothed1557

trothed1567

affianced1574

affied1591

contract1597

combinatea1616

desponsated1623

troth-contracted1633

troth1844

engaged1869

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 285 b/2 He shold be the man that shold be desponsate and maryed to the Vyrgyne Mary.

2. figurative (Alchemy). Chemically combined.

ΚΠ

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy i, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 133 Yet must theyr Elements..wyth Elements of perfyt Bodys be dysponsate.

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy vi, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 167 Make them then together to be Dysponsat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	desponsate
释义	† desponsateadj. Forms: Also dysponsate. Etymology: < Latin dēsponsātus, past participle of dēsponsāre to betroth, frequentative of dēspondēre : see despond v.² Obsolete. 1. Contracted or given in marriage, betrothed, espoused. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > betrothed troth-plighta1300 handfasta1470 assured1474 desponsate1483 handfasted1535 contracted1548 betrothed1557 trothed1567 affianced1574 affied1591 contract1597 combinatea1616 desponsated1623 troth-contracted1633 troth1844 engaged1869 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 285 b/2 He shold be the man that shold be desponsate and maryed to the Vyrgyne Mary. 2. figurative (Alchemy). Chemically combined. ΚΠ 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy i, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 133 Yet must theyr Elements..wyth Elements of perfyt Bodys be dysponsate. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy vi, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 167 Make them then together to be Dysponsat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1471
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