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bespouse

bespouse verb: to marry.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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
    • 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

Forms of bespouse

third-person singular presentbespouses
present participlebespousing
past participlebespoused
pastbespoused

Origin of bespouse

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

Questions about bespouse

What does bespouse mean?
Bespouse means to marry.
What part of speech is bespouse?
Bespouse is a verb.
What is the past tense of bespouse?
The past tense of bespouse is bespoused.

Words near bespouse in the dictionary

  1. besports
  2. bespot
  3. bespots
  4. bespotted
  5. bespotting
  6. bespouse
  7. bespoused
  8. bespouses
  9. bespousing
  10. bespout
  11. bespouted

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