单词 | despouse |
释义 | † despousev. 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). < v.1387 |
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