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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Desponsation

· Des·pon·sa·tion · IPA
01 n. A betrothing; betrothal.
  1. 1.
    A betrothing; betrothal.[Obs.]
    “For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage.” Jer. Taylor.