Betroth

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To promise to give in marriage: was betrothed to a member of the royal family.
  • v. Archaic To promise to marry.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To promise to give in marriage.
  • v. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
  • v. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
  • v. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To contract to give in marriage to another; promise or pledge one's troth for the marriage of; affiance.
  • To engage to take in marriage; pledge one's troth to marry.
  • To nominate to a bishopric in order to consecration.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. give to in marriage
    • Verb Form
    betrothed    betrothing    betroths   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vow   
    Form
    betrothed    betrothing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affiance    contract    espouse    affy    engage    bind    promise    handfast   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tryouts    quarry-slave    r&b    enamoured    escrow    nay    frank-hearted   
     
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