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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. [ 1913 Webster ]

What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? Deut. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. “The feast of betrothal.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; beak + &unr_; box, case. ] (Zool.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

n. [ A variant of truth. See Truth. ] 1. Belief; faith; fidelity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bid her alight
And hertroth plight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In troth, thou art able to instruct gray hairs. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Betrothal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Faitless; false; treacherous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To betroth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Betrothed; espoused; affianced. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]