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betrothedbe‧trothed1 /bɪˈtrəʊðd $ -ˈtroʊðd/ adjective old-fashioned  betrothedOrigin: 1300-1400 troth ‘truth, promise’ (13-19 centuries); ➔ TROTH - He had already said as much to Mistress Philippa when he had met her and her rather effeminate betrothed.
- He needs to get betrothed fast and naturally he wants his little heifer to be rich.
- Of course, we had been to London to visit Benjamin's former betrothed, Johanna, a sweet girl whom he adored.
- Was your heart really broke, then, when your betrothed was killed at Waterloo?
► be betrothed to somebody- But she was being absurd, she scarcely knew this man and what was it to her who he was betrothed to?
- His youngest son John was to be betrothed to the Count's daughter and heiress presumptive.
be betrothed to somebody to have promised to marry someone—betroth verb [transitive] |