See Also: betroth(medicine)
betroth(dictionary)

betroth (iou)



betroth verb trans. ME.
[formed as BE- + TRUTH noun, later assim. to TROTH.]
Enter into an engagement to marry (a woman). arch. ME.
Bind (two people; one person, esp. a woman, to another) in an engagement to marry. Usu. in pass. M16.
gen. Engage; pledge (oneself) to; pledge oneself to. M16-L17.
betrothal noun the act of betrothing; the fact of being betrothed; an engagement to marry: M19.
betrothed noun the person to whom one is betrothed, one's fiance(e) L16.
betrothment noun = betrothal M16.