desponsation

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desponsation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Desponsation \Des`pon*sa"tion\, n. [L. desponsatio: cf. OF.
     desponsation.]
     A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.]
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           For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set
           one step toward the consummation of her marriage.
                                                    --Jer. Taylor.
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