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Spouse - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Spouse : \Spouse\, v. t. [See Espouse, and Spouse, n.]
To wed; to espouse. [Obs.]
This markis hath her spoused with a ring. --Chaucer.
Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize.
--Spenser.
She was found again, and spoused to Marinell.
--Spenser.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Spouse : \Spouse\, n. [OF. espous, espos, fem. espouse, F.
['e]poux, ['e]pouse, fr. L. sponsus, sponsa, prop. p. p. of
spondere, sponsum, to promise solemnly, to engage one's self.
Cf. Despond, Espouse, respond, Sponsor.]
1. A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married
person, husband or wife.
At last such grace I found, and means I wrought,
That that lady to my spouse had won. --Spenser.
2. A married man, in distinct from a spousess or married
woman; a bridegroom or husband. [Obs.]
At which marriage was [were] no person present but
the spouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her
mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young
man. --Fabyan.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Spouse : (Cant. 4:8-12; Hos. 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife,
but in the Scriptures it denotes only the latter.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Spouse |
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