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third-person singular simple present betroths, present participle betrothing, simple past betrothed, past participle betrothed or betrothen
To promise to give in marriage. quotations examples
We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor.
1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […]
To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. quotations examples
What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Deuteronomy 20:7