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Definition of Betroth

1. Verb. Give to in marriage.

Definition of Betroth

1. v. t. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

Definition of Betroth

1. Verb. To promise to give in marriage. ¹

2. Verb. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Betroth

1. to engage to marry [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Betroth

1. 1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; used especially. Of a woman. "He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir." (Spenser) "Ay, and we are betrothed." (Shak) 2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. "What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?" (Deut. Xx. 7) 3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Origin: Pref. Be- + troth, i. E, truth. See Truth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Betroth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of the Roman Law by Ferdinand Mackeldey, Moses Aaron Dropsie (1883)
"All who arc authorized to enter into a future marriage may betroth themselves,' even should they not be able or authorized at the time of betrothal to enter ..."

2. The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks by Thomas Brooks, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1866)
"... I will betroth thee,' ' I will betroth thee/ ' I will ¡1 ] First, the certainty of their marriage union and communion ..."

3. A Synopsis of Criticisms Upon Those Passages of the Old Testament in which by Richard Arthur Francis Barrett (1847)
"betroth her, then shall he let her be redeemed. ... 8 That he will not betroth her. There is a various reading here of a single monosyllable, ..."

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