Defn: In a desponding manner.
DESPONSAGE
De*spon"sage, n. Etym: [From L. desponsus, p. p. See Despond.]
Defn: Betrothal. [Obs.]
Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of
Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe.
DESPONSATE De*spon"sate, v. t. Etym: [L. desponsatus, p. p. of desponsare, intens. of despondere to betroth. See Despond.]
Defn: To betroth. [Obs.] Johnson.
DESPONSATION
Des`pon*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.]
Defn: A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.
DESPONSORY
De*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. Desponsories (.
Defn: A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon.
DESPORT
De*sport", v. t. & i.