betroth

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O, muse not at it; 'tis the Hebrews' guise That maidens new-betroth'd should weep a while Trouble her not; sweet Lodowick, depart She is thy wife, and thou shalt be mine heir LODOWICK.

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  1. transitive verb To promise to give in marriage: was betrothed to a member of the royal family.
  2. transitive verb Archaic To promise to marry.

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

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  1. Early modern English also betrothe, betroath, betrouth, from Middle English betrouthen, betreuthen, bitreuthien, betroth, from bi-, be-, + treuthe, treowthe, from Anglo-Saxon treówth, troth, truth: see be- and troth, truth.
 

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/bəˈtrɔθ/
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