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View synonyms for spouse

spouse

[ noun spous, spouz; verb spouz, spous ]

noun

  1. either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.


verb (used with object)

, spoused, spous·ing.
  1. Obsolete. to join, give, or take in marriage.

spouse

noun

  1. a person's partner in marriage spousal


verb

  1. obsolete.
    tr to marry

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Other Words From

  • spousehood noun
  • spouseless adjective
  • un·spoused adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spouse1

First recorded in 1150–1200; (for the noun) Middle English, from Old French spous (masculine), spouse (feminine), shortened from espous, espouse, from Latin spōnsus, spōnsa, literally, “pledged (man, woman),” noun uses of past participle of spondēre “to pledge”; (for the verb) Middle English spousen, from Old French esp(o)user; espouse

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spouse1

C12: from Old French spus (masculine), spuse (feminine), from Latin sponsus, sponsa betrothed man or woman, from spondēre to promise solemnly

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Example Sentences

Who else would see a former spouse accused of underage sex and call him ‘the greatest man there is’?

Otherwise, he decides whether or not to perform a wedding based on how comfortable he feels with the spouse on the outside.

I point out to both of them that Wahlberg seems the very model of a supportive spouse.

I have to say that as a military spouse, I am excited to meet Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden.

Well, that is very beneficial to the spouse who has a new job in LA, but detrimental to the one who left a job in New York.

In the humour her spouse was then in she had better have remained silent—she told him, that he was harsh and unjust.

Why,” said his spouse, after considering a moment, “he said you had been letting him into the mysteries of the cellar.

Look: Nature burns around us and rolls in the arms of Summer, and drinks in the devouring breath of her ruddy spouse.

The duties which one spouse legally owes to the other are fairly well known.

Have my young mistress and her august spouse already taken leave?

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