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† ˈspoused, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. spouse v.]
Espoused, married, wedded.
a1300Cursor M. 10458 Quar-for suld i haue ioi and blis Quen i mi spused lauerd mis? Ibid. 28264 Mi spussed wyfe i haue misledd Bath in burdyng and in bedde. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (James Less) 314 A voyce sal be hard wele rath one spowsit men & wemen bath. c1425Eng. Conq. Ireland (1896) 120 [They] mythten neuer haue chyldren of her spoused wyues. 1521in Acts Parlt. Scot. (1875) XII. 39/1 To seperate himselff fra his avn spousit Wyff. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 116 Vnto ye faithfull spoused persones is..giuen fruictfulnes. 1616B. Jonson Epigr. i. v, The world the temple was,..The spoused pair two realms. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. xxiv. 280 Now all the plot and chiefe contrivance, Was how to get his spoused wife—hence.
b. Used absol. as quasi-n.
a1300Cursor M. 2898 Sibbe ne spused tak yee nan. Ibid. 10170 Tuix ani spused and his wijf. 1608B. Jonson Masque Ld. Hadington's Marr. Wks. (1616) 943 In the happy choyce, The spouse, and spoused haue the formost voyce! |