Betroth

Definition of Betroth

Be`troth´

v. t.	1.	To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; - used esp. of a woman. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.] 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.

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