betroth
transitive verb
- Obsolete to promise to marry
- to promise in marriage: to betroth a daughter
See betroth in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bĭ-trōÞˈ, -trôthˈ)
transitive verb be·trothed,
be·troth·ing,
be·troths - To promise to give in marriage: was betrothed to a member of the royal family.
- Archaic To promise to marry.
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