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The word spouse is more commonly used in formal or official contexts, such as on forms that require family relations to be specified.An adjective form of spouse is spousal, meaning relating to or involving marriage, as in Does this insurance plan provide spousal coverage?Example: If you and your spouse file your taxes jointly, you may be eligible for certain rebates.","type":"usage-wordpress"}],"ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"55680e620000000117004a51","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1150–1200; (for the noun) Middle English, from Old French spous (masculine), spouse (feminine), shortened from espous, espouse, from Latin spōnsus, spōnsa, literally, “pledged (man, woman),” noun uses of past participle of spondēre “to pledge”; (for the verb) Middle English spousen, from Old French esp(o)user; espouse","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"55680e620000000117004a42","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","text":"either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife."}],"id":"55680e620000000117004a3f","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"},{"definitions":[{"id":"55680e620000000117004a4a","label":"Obsolete.","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","tags":[{"tag":"Slang and Taboo Speech","type":"category"}],"text":"to join, give, or take in marriage."}],"id":"55680e620000000117004a44","inflectedFormSets":[{"inflectedForms":[{"form":"spoused","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"spoused"},{"form":"spousing","ordinal":2,"syllabicForm":"spous·ing"}]}],"ordinal":2,"partOfSpeech":"verb-transitive"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"55680e620000000117004a2d","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"S08/S0841300/S0841300.flac","mpeg":"S08/S0841300/S0841300.mp3","ogg":"S08/S0841300/S0841300.ogg","wav":"S08/S0841300/S0841300.wav"},"id":"55680e620000000117004a30","ipa":{"text":"spaʊs"},"phonetic":{"html":"spous","text":"spous"}},{"id":"55680e620000000117004a33","ipa":{"text":"spaʊz"},"phonetic":{"html":"spouz","text":"spouz"}}],"region":"us"},{"id":"55680e628f0d7c8ede648dec","lang":"en","ordinal":2,"pronunciations":[{"id":"55680e620000000117004a38","ipa":{"text":"spaʊz"},"phonetic":{"html":"spouz","text":"spouz"}},{"id":"55680e620000000117004a3b","ipa":{"text":"spaʊs"},"phonetic":{"html":"spous","text":"spous"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"spouse","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"},{"entries":[{"createDate":"2010-09-17T17:01:15Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"spouse","standardForm":"spouse"},"id":"4c939edb5ada048078239528","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-09-17T17:01:15Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"spouse","groups":["e","o","p","s","ss","u"],"numLetters":6,"reverse":"esuops","subwordTokens":["spouse","pouse","ouse","use","se","e"]},"normalizedLetter":"s","ordinal":1,"origin":{"source":"collins","text":"C12: from Old French spus (masculine), spuse (feminine), from Latin sponsus, sponsa betrothed man or woman, from spondēre to promise solemnly","type":"etymology"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4c58741a9de742dc2f1add72","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"a person's partner in marriage"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"},{"definitions":[{"id":"4c32b0c2f9c51359bd714959","label":"obsolete","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(tr) to marry"}],"ordinal":2,"partOfSpeech":"verb"}],"slug":"spouse","source":"collins","type":"british"}],"type":"british"}],"meta":{"arg":"spouse","requestId":"ztIusiDtMIFpPix7aszwO","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"spouse","slug":"spouse"},{"displayForm":"espouse","slug":"espouse"},{"displayForm":"espoused","slug":"espoused"},{"displayForm":"spousal","slug":"spousal"},{"displayForm":"spouted","slug":"spouted"},{"displayForm":"arouse","slug":"arouse"},{"displayForm":"blouse","slug":"blouse"},{"displayForm":"chouse","slug":"chouse"},{"displayForm":"milspouse","slug":"milspouse"},{"displayForm":"espousal","slug":"espousal"},{"displayForm":"carouse","slug":"carouse"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"spouse","slug":"spouse"},{"displayForm":"espouse","slug":"espouse"},{"displayForm":"espoused","slug":"espoused"},{"displayForm":"espouser","slug":"espouser"},{"displayForm":"spousal","slug":"spousal"},{"displayForm":"arouse","slug":"arouse"},{"displayForm":"blouse","slug":"blouse"},{"displayForm":"chouse","slug":"chouse"},{"displayForm":"grouse","slug":"grouse"},{"displayForm":"espousal","slug":"espousal"},{"displayForm":"spousals","slug":"spousals"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"spouse"},"requestId":"keHJMsZzePTKf3lx1Zp6d","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

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