Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A betrothal.
  • transitive verb To betroth.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of betrothing or plighting faith, whether in friendship or in marriage.
  • To betroth or affiance.
  • Betrothed; espoused; affianced.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Betrothed; espoused; affianced.
  • transitive verb obsolete To betroth.
  • noun obsolete The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The act of pledging one's troth; betrothal.

Etymologies

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troth +‎ plight

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  • the obvious connotation, which is evident in half of the examples, is not in the definitions... how does one update these dagblasted entries anyhow? ^_^

    January 28, 2010