betroth

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 ]