Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /bəˈtɹoʊð/
betroth (betroths, present participle betrothing; past and past participle betrothed)
- 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.
- To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Deuteronomy 20:7 ↗:
- What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?
- French: fiancer
- German: verloben
- Italian: fidanzare, promettere in sposa
- Portuguese: prometer
- Russian: обруча́ть
- Spanish: prometer en matrimonio
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