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betroth
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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.

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

betroth [bɪˈtrəʊð]
vb
(tr) Archaic to promise to marry or to give in marriage
[C14 betreuthen, from be- + treuthe troth, truth]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.betroth - give to in marriage
vow - make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"
Translations
betroth [bɪˈtrəʊð] VT (liter) → prometer en matrimonio (to a) to be betrothed (= act) → desposarse; (= state) → estar desposado

betroth
vt (obs, liter)angeloben (obs, liter)(to sb jdm), versprechen (liter)(to sb jdm), verloben (to sb mit jdm)

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 avioitua 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 許配 заручити(ся) شادی کا وعدہ کرنا ، نسبت کرنا hứa hôn ...
n beˈtrothal
verlowing خِطْبَه годеж zasnoubení, zásnuby forlovelse die Verlobung αρραβώνας desposorios kihlus نامزدی avioituminen 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
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 aviopuoliso 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 未婚夫(妻) заручений وہ ، جس کی منگنی کی جائے người hứa hôn


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Instead of limiting by arbitrary legislation the age at which children were free to marry without parental consent, as was done in sixteenth-century France, the Jews were seeking to prohibit parents from engaging and betrothing their daughters before the "age of discretion.
 
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