† deˈsponsate, a. Obs.
Also dys-.
[ad. L. dēsponsāt-us, pa. pple. of dēsponsāre to betroth, freq. of dēspondēre: see despond v.2]
1. Contracted or given in marriage, betrothed, espoused.
| 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 285 b/2 He shold be the man that shold be desponsate and maryed to the Vyrgyne Mary. |
2. fig. (Alch.) Chemically combined.
| 1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. i. in Ashm. (1652) 133 Yet must theyr Elements..wyth Elements of perfyt Bodys be dysponsate. Ibid. vi. 167 Make them then together to be Dysponsat. |