bespouse

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

(transitive) To marry
- 2010, Jordan Spencer Cunningham, The New IPF Anthology of Fine Literature, page 113:
  My dearness nearness yearning you,
  With hopeful shoulder nestle do.
  Become, be with, be helping me;
  Bespouse, bedraw, be make-me see.
- 2014, Rachael Johns, Outback Ghost:
  Stella squeezed her lips together, trying to tame the ridiculous joy that flooded through her at the news that Adam was not bespoused.