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单词 handfast
释义 handfast
 /hand"fast', -fahst'/,  n.  
 Archaic. a covenant or contract, esp. a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
 [1150-1200; ME (ptp.), earlier handfest < Scand; cf. ON handfestr, ptp. of handfesta to betroth with a joining of hands, equiv. to hand HAND + festa to betroth, lit., make fast, FASTEN]
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