Betroth
Pronunciation : Be*troth"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth.]
Definition : 1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her Deut. xx. 7.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe.
t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913