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espousal

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈspaʊzl̩/

Definition of espousal

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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A betrothal.
    “So he pressed her again and again with advice on the matter of espousals; but she ever opposed to him refusals, till at last she turned upon him angrily and cried, "O my father, if thou name matrimony to me once more, I will go into my chamber and take a sword, and, fixing its hilt on the ground, will set its point to my waist; then I will press upon it, till it come forth from my back, and so slay myself."”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A betrothal.
    “So he pressed her again and again with advice on the matter of espousals; but she ever opposed to him refusals, till at last she turned upon him angrily and cried, "O my father, if thou name matrimony to me once more, I will go into my chamber and take a sword, and, fixing its hilt on the ground, will set its point to my waist; then I will press upon it, till it come forth from my back, and so slay myself."”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A wedding ceremony.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Adoption of a plan, cause, or idea.

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Etymology

From Middle English espousal, espousaille, from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia (“a betrothal”), neuter plural of sponsalis, from spōnsus (“one betrothed, a spouse”); see spouse. By surface analysis, espouse + -al.

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