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.