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“husband”
(Greek: from gamet[e], "wife" and gamet[es], "husband" [from gamein, "to marry"]; used chiefly as "pertaining to a gamete, a mature reproductive cell")
(Latin: man, manliness, manhood; masculine; husband)
(Latin: pertaining to a husband or marriage; used as a prefix)
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“husband”
husband (verb), husbands; husbanded; husbanding
1. To manage or to administer carefully and frugally: After her divorce and having a meagre income, Sally husbanded her household as thriftily, prudently, and as economically as possible.
2. To use to the best advantage: Because the area where Tom lived had been completely flooded and the streets were still cut off, all the residents were asked to husband their stocks and provisions.
![To manage or to conserve wisely.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/husband-1.jpg)
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2. To use to the best advantage: Because the area where Tom lived had been completely flooded and the streets were still cut off, all the residents were asked to husband their stocks and provisions.
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