nubere

The original meaning of the word nubere is to veil, or cover.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

"The blonde guy shooed her nubile fingers from his manhood." nubile 1642, "marriageable" (said of a woman), from Fr. nubile, from L. nubilis "marriageable," from stem of nubere "take as husband."

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And yet for all this we bachelors desire to be married; with that vestal virgin, we long for it, [5764] Felices nuptae! moriar, nisi nubere dulce est.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Filia excedens annum 25. potest inscio patre nubere, licet indignus sit maritus, et eum cogere ad congrue dotandum.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Ideo nubere nollent ob mulierum intemperantiam, nullam servare viro fidem putabant.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Praecepto primo, cogatur nubere aut mulctetur et pecunia templo Junonis dedicetur et publica fiat.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

This inequality is not in years only, but in birth, fortunes, conditions, and all good [6261] qualities, si qua voles apte nubere, nube pari, 'tis my counsel, saith Anthony Guiverra, to choose such a one.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

He surpassed the house of Austria; for he was felix both bella genere et nubere.

Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 2006

Ad dimidiam anni ætatem nubere possunt, in secundo anno parturiunt: rationalis sunt, et sensati iuxta ætatem pusillam, ac satis ingeniosi ad opera de serico, et de lana arboris.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Elmsley adopts; or understand εγηματο in an ironical sense, in the spirit of Martial's _Uxori nubere nolo meæ_: in the latter case ‛ ηι τ 'εγηματο should be read (not ‛ ην τ'), as being the proper syntax.

The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides