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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + spondeō (“promise solemnly; bond, engage”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēspondeō (present infinitive dēspondēre, perfect active dēspondī, supine dēspōnsum); second conjugation
- to promise (to give), pledge, devote to
- Synonyms: voveō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, pangō, stipulor, polliceor
- to promise in marriage, betroth, engage
- (with predominant idea of removing) to put away from oneself, give up, yield, resign
- Synonyms: dēserō, cēdō, dēcēdō, concēdō, dīmittō, dēdō, abiciō, prōdō
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References
- “despondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despondeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- despondeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to betroth one's daughter to some one: filiam alicui despondere
- to betroth oneself, get engaged: sibi (aliquam) despondere (of the man)