Etymology

bespouse

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Today it means: To marry Full definition →

Middle English *bispusen
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  1. Middle English · inherited from*bispusen
  2. English todaybespouse

From Middle English *bispusen (attested in past participle bispused (“married; pledged”)) equivalent to be- + spouse.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.