bespouse
verbEtymology From Middle English *bispusen (attested in past participle bispused (“married; pledged”)) equivalent to be- + spouse.
1
To marry
- My dearness nearness yearning you, With hopeful shoulder nestle do. Become, be with, be helping me; Bespouse, bedraw, be make-me see.2010, Jordan Spencer Cunningham, The New IPF Anthology of Fine Literature, page 113:
- Stella squeezed her lips together, trying to tame the ridiculous joy that flooded through her at the news that Adam was not bespoused.2014, Rachael Johns, Outback Ghost: