Hypertext Webster Gateway: "husbanded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Husband \Hus"band\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Husbanded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Husbanding}.]
1. To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to
good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or
use, with economy.
For my means, I'll husband them so well, They shall
go far. --Shak.
2. To cultivate, as land; to till. [R.]
Land so trim and rarely husbanded. --Evelyn.
3. To furnish with a husband. [R.] --Shak.
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