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Word Meanings - SPOUSELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.

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  • DESTITUTENESS
    Destitution. Ash.
  • SPOUSE
    fr. L. sponsus, sponsa, prop. p.p. of spondere, sponsum, to promise solemnly, to engage one's self. Cf. Despond, Espouse, respond, 1. A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. At last such grace I found, and
  • DESTITUTE
    1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
  • SPOUSELESS
    Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.
  • SPOUSE-BREACH
    Adultery.
  • DESTITUTELY
    In destitution.
  • SPOUSESS
    A wife or bride. Fabyan.
  • ESPOUSER
    One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
  • DISESPOUSE
    To release from espousal or plighted faith. Milton.
  • ESPOUSE
    espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly 1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. Luke i. 27. 2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. Lavinia
  • ESPOUSEMENT
    The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.

 

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