Definizione monolingua

betroth

betroth (third-person singular simple present betroths, present participle betrothing, simple past and past participle betrothed)

1. To promise to give in marriage.

   He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative.

   • 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

     We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor.

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight ones troth to.

   What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? — Deuteronomy.

Definizione dizionario betroth

	fidanzare
	to promise to give in marriage

Altri significati:

To enter an agreement to marry.

To promise to give in marriage.