Word Meanings - SPOUSELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.

DESTITUTENESS
Destitution. Ash.
SPOUSE
fr. L. sponsus, sponsa, prop. p.p. of spondere, sponsum, to promise solemnly, to engage one's self. Cf. Despond, Espouse, respond, 1. A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. At last such grace I found, and
DESTITUTE
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
SPOUSELESS
Destitute of a spouse; unmarried.
SPOUSE-BREACH
Adultery.
DESTITUTELY
In destitution.
SPOUSESS
A wife or bride. Fabyan.
ESPOUSER
One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
DISESPOUSE
To release from espousal or plighted faith. Milton.
ESPOUSE
espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly 1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. Luke i. 27. 2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. Lavinia
ESPOUSEMENT
The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.