bespouse

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verb

To marry

OriginMiddle English *bispusen →
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Meanings

verbbespouse (third-person singular simple present bespouses, present participle bespousing, simple past and past participle bespoused)

present singular third person bespouses · participle present bespousing · participle past bespoused · past bespoused

  1. transitiveTo marry

    My dearness nearness yearning you, With hopeful shoulder nestle do. Become, be with, be helping me; Bespouse, bedraw, be make-me see.

    2010, Jordan Spencer Cunningham, The New IPF Anthology of Fine Literature, page 113
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    Stella squeezed her lips together, trying to tame the ridiculous joy that flooded through her at the news that Adam was not bespoused.

    2014, Rachael Johns, Outback Ghost

Origin

  1. Middle English*bispusen
  2. Englishbespouse

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

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APA

bespouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespouse

MLA

“bespouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bespouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bespouse.

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