betrothedadj.
1. Engaged for marriage, affianced. Often substantive.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] > betrothed person
spousec1300
espouse?c1450
espoused1554
betrothed1557
intended1767
future1827
affianced1828
prétendu1847
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > betrothed
troth-plighta1300
handfasta1470
assured1474
desponsate1483
handfasted1535
contracted1548
betrothed1557
trothed1567
affianced1574
affied1591
contract1597
combinatea1616
desponsated1623
troth-contracted1633
troth1844
engaged1869
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. A.iiii The new betrothed birdes ycoupled how they went.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 283 + 3 That iustly may, Beare his betrothde from all the world away. View more context for this quotation
1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 355 [Thus] ended the trials and sorrows of The Betrothed.
1884 L. B. Walford Baby's Grandmother 171 One of the three was his betrothed bride.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > bound by promise
troth-plighta1300
sworna1325
plightedc1390
assured1426
jurate1433
abjured1552
sure1567
trothed1567
obliged1600
testeda1616
ingudged1650
betrothed1651
sacramental1785
undertaking1786
oath-bound1795
committed1821
word-bound1836
tied1876
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xiv. §18. 226 No conscience of contracts and betrothed faith can withhold them.
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