† disespousev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To undo the espousal or betrothal of.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > betroth [verb (transitive)] > dissolve betrothal of
disespouse1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 17 Not less but more Heroic then the..rage Of Turnus for Lavinia disespous'd . View more context for this quotation
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