How would someone say this in the late 1880s?

[morvenwestfield]

I'm writing a novel and need some help on how a character would say something.

Here's what I want to say in 20th century English: "She went to bed with him!"

In medieval English, it might be something like, "She bedded him!"

What would he have said around 1880 or 1890? This character lives in the northeast United States, is of the merchant class, and is around 35-40 at the time.

Thanks!

[Chilly]

I really can't say.

Maybe you can find out by reading books written in that period, there's a chance that they'll say what you mean.

Or you could ask an expert (or look at the historical thesaurus once that comes out on the market) if you really want to.

Or you could wing it and just say what you where going to say at the start. The phrase "She went to bed with him" is out of date now, and it seems old enough to be used back then.

[Evaril]

"She defiled him."

[hillwalker]

'She entered his bed' sounds elegant enough, neither chaste nor brazen.

[Hawkman]

How about, "She lay with him."

[janesmith]

How about, "She lay with him."

This is what I would suggest as being accurate as well.

[dafydd manton]

"She sported with him." Samuel Pepys used it more than once.

[Jassy Melson]

In the 1880s in the northeastern U.S., the woman would be passive and would be controlled. It would probably be correct to state: "He bedded her." "She bedded him" would not be said because it would denote the woman taking action and being in control.