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Webster 1913 Edition
Betroth
Be-troth′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Betrothed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Betrothing
.] 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
. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Betroth
BETROTH'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To contract to any one, in order to a future marriage; to promise or pledge one to be the future spouse of another; to affiance; used of either sex. 'The father betroths his daughter.'2.
To contract with one for a future spouse; to espouse; as, a man betroths a lady.3.
To nominate to a bishopric,in order to consecration.Definition 2024
betroth
betroth
English
Verb
betroth (third-person singular simple present betroths, present participle betrothing, simple past and past participle betrothed)
- To promise to give in marriage.
- He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative.
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
- We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor.
- 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? — Deuteronomy.
Derived terms
Translations
to promise to give in marriage
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to promise to take as a future spouse
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