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Betrothed - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Betrothed : adj : pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: affianced,
bespoken, engaged, pledged]
(noun)
1: the person to whom you are engaged
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Betroth \Be*troth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Betrothing.] [Pref. be- _ troth, i. e., truth. See
Truth.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or
promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of
a woman.
He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed : me unto the only heir. --Spenser.
Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's
troth to.
What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and
hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
--Ayliffe.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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