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† deˈsponsate, a. Obs.
Also dys-.
[ad. L. dēsponsāt-us, pa. pple. of dēsponsāre to betroth, freq. of dēspondēre: see despond v.2]
1. Contracted or given in marriage, betrothed, espoused.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 285 b/2 He shold be the man that shold be desponsate and maryed to the Vyrgyne Mary.
2. fig. (Alch.) Chemically combined.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. i. in Ashm. (1652) 133 Yet must theyr Elements..wyth Elements of perfyt Bodys be dysponsate. Ibid. vi. 167 Make them then together to be Dysponsat. |