husband vb. (3 not pre-S.)
1.
to till, farm
2H4 IV. iii. 130
“land . . . husbanded,
and tilled.”
2.
to manage with thrift
and prudence, use economically or sparingly
Wiv. IV. vi. 53
“ your
device,”
Shr. Ind. I. 68 “If it
be h-ed with modesty” (‘if it is
not overdone’),
Ham. IV. v. 137
“I'll them so well,
They shall go far,”
Sonn. xciv. 6
“husband nature's riches
from expense.”
3.
to be a husband to,
marry All'sW. V. iii. 126,
Lr. V. iii. 71
“if he should husband
you.”
