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单词 despouse
释义

despousev.

Etymology: < Latin dēsponsāre to betroth (see desponsate adj.), on the model of spouse < Old French esposer < Latin sponsāre.
Obsolete.
transitive. To promise in marriage, to betroth; to give or take in marriage, to marry; = espouse v. 2b, 1. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > betroth and or or marry [verb (transitive)]
fast?c1335
despouse1387
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 203 Ly wiþ me, for to day þow despousedest and weddest me.
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iii. 1028 She desireth þat þou shalt now wyth a ryng Despouse hir to thi-self for euere-more.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi Whan he despoused their soules in feyth, & ledde them in hope out of Egipt.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvii I haue despoused you to a noble man.
1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man in Formul. Faith B iij A virgin, which was despoused or ensured to a man, whose name was Joseph.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. x. 56 Meete me at Ptolemais, that..I may despouse her to thee.

Derivatives

deˈspoused adj.
deˈspousing n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [noun]
eeOE
weddingc1000
wivingOE
contractc1315
marriagec1325
matrimony1357
unionc1475
maritagec1478
briding1566
espousal1566
match1574
intermarriage1579
despousing1609
espousement1623
nuptial1630
coupling1641
splice1830
intermarrying1843
contraction1885
yokemating1891
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Song of Sol. iii. 11 In the day of his despousing.
deˈspouser n. one who gives in marriage.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > one who brings or gives away bride
bride-leader1552
father1600
despouser1635
nuptial father1748
1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells v. 308 Chastitie the Contract, Vertue the Despouser.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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