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Webster 1913 Edition
Desponsation
Desˊpon-sa′tion
,Noun.
[L.
desponsatio
: cf. OF. desponsation
.] A betrothing; betrothal.
[Obs.]
For all this
desponsation
of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Desponsation
DESPONSATION
,Noun.