English search results for: espouse

#1

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. become betrothed/engaged to marry (woman)
  2. espouse, affiance (L+S)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

verb

  • conjugation: 1st conjugation

Definitions:

  1. espouse, undertake
  2. pledge, pay earnest money
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980