Meaning & use
betroth
To promise someone in marriage, typically as part of a formal agreement made by families.
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The two families betrothed their children when the pair were still young.
She was betrothed to a nobleman she had never met before the wedding day.
A note on using this word
Now mostly literary or historical; modern English typically uses engaged instead of this older term.
Words with a similar meaning
engage
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