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spouse |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spouse n : a person's partner in marriage [syn: {partner}, {married person}, {mate}, {consort}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Spouse (Cant. 4:8-12; Hos. 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife, but in the Scriptures it denotes only the latter.
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