hus´band|less

hus´band|less
hus|band «HUHZ buhnd», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a man who has a wife; married man.
2. Archaic. the manager of a household or establishment; steward.
–v.t.
1. to manage carefully; be saving of; make the most of: »

to husband one's resources. That man must husband his strength while he is ill.

 SYNONYM(S): economize.
2. to marry.
3. Figurative. to have or espouse an opinion: »

to husband a doctrine on this or any other palpably unprovable proposition (George Bancroft).

4. to provide or match with a husband; mate: »

Being so father'd and so husbanded (Shakespeare).

5. Archaic. to till (soil); cultivate or tend (plants).
╂[Old English hūsbōnda (< hūs house + bōnda head of a family), perhaps < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic hūsbōndi master, husband, ultimately < hūs house + bōndi freeholder)]
–hus´band|less, adjective.

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