单词 | re-espouse |
释义 | re-espousev. transitive. To espouse again: (a) to take again as a spouse, to marry again (chiefly figurative; now rare); (b) to reattach oneself to, readopt (a cause, doctrine, etc.). ΚΠ a1618 J. Sylvester Funeral Elegie M. Wyts in G. de S. Du Bartas Divine Weekes & Workes (1621) 1168 Metkerk had her Mother re-espous'd. 1685 J. Flavell Πνευματολογια 141 When the time is come for the Soul to be re-espoused [to the Body], it is highly gratified by that second Marriage. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. xxiii. 107 That kindly grief, which re-espouses us To God. 1861 T. Stephen Brief Expos. Prophecies Daniel & St. John Pref. p. iv At this time, they [sc. the Jews] are to be re-espoused to Christ. 1933 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 8 Feb. 4/4 Britannia is willing to consider America's proposal that she re-espouse the gold standard, but is not ready for the present to accept an engagement ring. 2002 F. Heynick Jews & Med. v. 159 The doctor joined many of his coreligionists in fleeing to the hospitable realm of Sultan Bayezid, there to openly re-espouse the Jewish faith. Derivatives re-eˈspousal n. [ < re- prefix + espousal n., after re-espouse v.] ΚΠ 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. xlvii. 423 Their reespousalls to their glorious God. 1811 G. S. Faber Diss. Prophecy Daniel ix, 24-27 345 The same prophet..calls our attention..to the reespousals of the repudiated consort. 1908 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 6 Feb. 7/2 A re-espousal of this policy [sc. isolationism], before it is too late, would be of the highest wisdom. 1994 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 84 517/2 The re-espousal of Euclidian concepts of proportion led to their unification with practical skills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.a1618 |
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