单词 | desponsation |
释义 | † desponˈsation Obs. Also dis-, dys-. [ad. L. dēsponsātiōn-em (also in OF. desponsation) betrothal, n. of action from dēsponsāre: see prec.] 1. The action of contracting in marriage; betrothal.
a1400Cov. Myst. ix. (Shaks. Soc.) 89 Now xal we procede to here dissponsacion. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. §5 For all this desponsation of her..she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. 1656Blount Glossogr., Desponsation, an affiance or betrothing. 2. fig. (Alch.) Chemical combination.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. in Ashm. (1652) 187 The lesse of the Spryts there be in thys dysponsation The rather thy Calcynatyon..shall thou make. |

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