† desponsationn.
Obsolete.
1. The action of contracting in marriage; betrothal.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun]
truthc1300
betrothingc1315
truthingc1350
espousala1393
troth-plighta1393
desponsationa1400
troth-plightingc1400
ensurance1469
fiançailles1477
handfasting1483
assurancea1513
assuring1530
suring1530
contract1551
insurancea1556
trothing1565
despousage1570
betrothment1585
contracting1585
affiancing1596
spousage1596
espousage1599
handfasta1616
desponsories1645
hand-fastening1662
disposories1668
contraction1702
engagement1811
plightage1819
betrothal1844
heart-bond1887
introduction1965
kwanjula1973
a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) ix. 89 Now xal we procede to here dissponsacion.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. §5 For all this desponsation of her..she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Desponsation, an affiance or betrothing.
2. figurative (Alchemy). Chemical combination.
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1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 187 The lesse of the Spryts there be in thys dysponsation The rather thy Calcynatyon..shall thou make.
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