bespouse
English
Etymology
From Middle English *bispusen (attested in past participle bispused (“married; pledged”)) equivalent to be- + spouse.
Verb
bespouse (third-person singular simple present bespouses, present participle bespousing, simple past and past participle bespoused)
- (transitive) To marry
- 2010, Jordan Spencer Cunningham, The New IPF Anthology of Fine Literature, page 113:
- My dearness nearness yearning you,
With hopeful shoulder nestle do.
Become, be with, be helping me;
Bespouse, bedraw, be make-me see.
- 2014, Rachael Johns, Outback Ghost:
- Stella squeezed her lips together, trying to tame the ridiculous joy that flooded through her at the news that Adam was not bespoused.
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