See Also: husband(medicine)
husband(1)(dictionary)
husband(2)(dictionary)
HUSBAND, mar(law)
house husband(dictionary)
husband 1, noun(dictionary)
husband 2, verb(dictionary)

husband(2) (iou)



husband verb trans. LME.
[from the noun.]
I.
Till (the ground); cultivate (plants). arch. LME.
L. Morris The grain scarce husbanded by toiling hands Upon the sunlit plain.
Administer as a good steward; manage thriftily; use economically (lit. & fig.). LME.
C. Bront? Husbanding my monthly allowance. R. Gittings He had the sufferer's gift of husbanding his energy.
II.
Provide (a woman) with a husband; mate. arch. M16.
S. Rowlands I am husbanded with such a Clowne.
Behave as a husband to, marry (a woman). arch. E17.
G. Meredith He had been ready to perform the duty of husbanding the woman.
husbander noun (rare) E17.