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Desponsage

Desponsage \De*spon"sage\, n. [From L. desponsus, p. p. See Despond.] Betrothal. [Obs.]

Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter.
--Foxe.

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desponsage

n. (context obsolete English): Betrothal.