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Betrothed definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BETROTH'ED, pp. Contracted for future marriage.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: bespoken, betrothed] n
1: the person to whom you are engaged

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1588 the person to whom one is betrothed

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are betrothed to someone, you have agreed to marry them. (OLD-FASHIONED) ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to n • Your betrothed is the person you are betrothed to. N-SING: usu poss N

Moby Thesaurus

affianced, assured, bound, bride-to-be, committed, compromised, contracted, engaged, fiance, fiancee, future, guaranteed, intended, obligated, pledged, plighted, promised, sworn, underwritten, warranted