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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Betrothing (0.00952 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Betrothing.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: betroth
mempertunangi, mendudukkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: betroth
betroth
v : give to in marriage [syn:
engage,
affiance,
plight]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Betrothing
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.
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He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser.
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Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.
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2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's
troth to.
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What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and
hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.
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3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
--Ayliffe.
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