Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HUS'BAND, v.t.

1. To direct and manage with frugality in expending any thing; to use or employ in the manner best suited to produce the greatest effect; to use with economy. We say, a man husbands his estate, his means, or his time. He is conscious how ill he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator. Rambler.
2. To till; to cultivate with good management. Bacon.
3. To supply with a husband. [Little used.] Shak.