单词 | desponsation |
释义 | † desponsationn. Obsolete. 1. The action of contracting in marriage; betrothal. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] truthc1300 betrothingc1315 truthingc1350 espousala1393 troth-plighta1393 desponsationa1400 troth-plightingc1400 ensurance1469 fiançailles1477 handfasting1483 assurancea1513 assuring1530 suring1530 contract1551 insurancea1556 trothing1565 despousage1570 betrothment1585 contracting1585 affiancing1596 spousage1596 espousage1599 handfasta1616 desponsories1645 hand-fastening1662 disposories1668 contraction1702 engagement1811 plightage1819 betrothal1844 heart-bond1887 introduction1965 kwanjula1973 a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) ix. 89 Now xal we procede to here dissponsacion. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. §5 For all this desponsation of her..she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Desponsation, an affiance or betrothing. 2. figurative (Alchemy). Chemical combination. ΚΠ 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 187 The lesse of the Spryts there be in thys dysponsation The rather thy Calcynatyon..shall thou make. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1400 |
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