to make (a woman) an honest woman, to make an honest woman of (a woman): to marry (a woman) with whom one has had sexual relations, or who is…
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释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry after seduction (3) to make an honest woman of (a woman)1562 to make (a woman) an honest woman, to make an honest woman of (a woman): to marry (a woman) with whom one has had sexual relations, or who is… honest1611 transitive. To make (a woman) respectable in terms of accepted standards of sexual morality. Cf. to make (a woman) an honest woman at honest, adj.… honestifya1652 transitive. = honest, v. (in various senses). |
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