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Webster 1913 Edition

Spouse

Spouse

(spouz)
,
Noun.
[OF.
espous
,
espos
, fem.
espouse
, F.
époux
,
épouse
, fr. L.
sponsus
,
sponsa
, prop. p. p. of
spondere
,
sponsum
, to promise solemnly, to engage one’s self. Cf.
Despond
,
Espouse
,
Respond
,
Sponsor
.]
1.
A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.
At last such grace I found, and means I wrought,
That I that lady to my
spouse
had won.
Spenser.
2.
A married man, in distinction from a
spousess
or
married woman
; a bridegroom or husband.
[Obs.]
At which marriage was [were] no persons present but the
spouse
, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man.
Fabyan.

Spouse

(spouz)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Espouse
, and
Spouse
,
Noun.
]
To wed; to espouse.
[Obs.]
This markis hath her
spoused
with a ring.
Chaucer.
Though
spoused
, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize.
Spenser.
She was found again, and
spoused
to Marinell.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spouse

SPOUSE

,
Noun.
[L., to engage.] One engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. We say of a man, that he is the spouse of such a woman; or of a woman, she is the spouse of such a man.

SPOUSE

,
Verb.
T.
To wed; to espouse. [Little used. See Espouse.]

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