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be·troth  (b-tr, -trôth)

tr.v. be·trothed, be·troth·ing, be·troths

1. To promise to give in marriage: was betrothed to a member of the royal family.

2. Archaic To promise to marry.

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[Middle English bitrouthen : bi-, be- + trouth, troth (from Old English trowth; see deru- in Indo-European roots).]

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betroth

Verb

Archaic to promise to marry or to give in marriage [Middle English betreuthen]

betrothal n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

betroth - give to in marriage affiance, plight, engage vow - make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"

Translations

betroth

v betroth [biˈtrəuð, (American ) biˈtrəuθ]

to promise in marriage She was betrothed to her husband at the age of twenty. verloof raak يَخْطُبُ فتاة сгодявам zasnoubit forlove verloben δίνω υπόσχεση γάμου, συνάπτω αρραβώνα prometer en matrimonio (a) kihlama نامزد شدن kihlata fiancer (à, avec) לְהִתאָרֵס सगाई करना zaručiti eljegyez bertunangan trúlofa(st) promettere in matrimonio, fidanzare 婚約させる 약혼시키다 sužadėti saderināt bertunang verloven forlove, trolove zaręczyć prometer a (se) logodi обручить zasnúbiť sa zaročiti zaručiti trolova หมั้น nişanlanmak 同...訂婚，許配 заручити(ся) شادی کا وعدہ کرنا ، نسبت کرنا hứa hôn 同...订婚，许配

n beˈtrothal

verlowing خِطْبَه годеж zasnoubení, zásnuby forlovelse die Verlobung αρραβώνας desposorios kihlus نامزدی kihlaus fiançailles אִרוִּסין @@@אִירוּסִין$$$ मंगीन, वाग्दान, सगाई zaruke eljegyzés pertunangan trúlofun promessa di matrimonio, fidanzamento 婚約 약혼 sužadėtuvės saderināšanās pertunangan verloving forlovelse, troloving zaręczyny noivado logodnă помолвка zásnuby zaroka zaruke trolovning การหมั้นหมาย nişanla(n)ma 訂婚 заручини منگنی ، نسبت sự hứa hôn 订婚

n beˈtrothed

the person to whom one is betrothed May I introduce you to my betrothed? verloofde مَخْطوب، مَخْطوبَه годеник, годеница snoubenec, snoubenka forlovede der/die Verlobte/-r αρραβωνιαστικός, μνηστή prometido kihlatu نامزد kihlattu fiancé/-ée אָרוּס वाग्दतत्त, वाग्दत्ता, मंगेतर zaručnik jegyes tunangan hin(n) trúlofaði/trúlofaða promesso sposo, fidanzato 婚約者 약혼자 sužadėtinis saderinātais; saderinātā tunang verloofde forlovet, trolovet narzeczony noiva logodnic суженый snúbenec, -ica zaročenec zaručnik trolovad ซึ่งหมั้นหมาย nişanlı, nişanlanmış 訂婚者 заручений وہ ، جس کی منگنی کی جائے người hứa hôn 订婚者