Betroth

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.

II. Betroth ·vt To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.

III. Betroth ·vt To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to Affiance;

— used ·esp. of a woman.

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    To promise "by one's truth." Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be married. This...

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