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betroth verb
/bɪˈtrəʊð/
/-ˈtroʊð/ v [T] old use Definition
to cause someone to promise formally to marry someone
She was betrothed to her cousin at an early age.
betrothal noun
/bɪˈtrəʊ.ðəl//-ˈtroʊ-/ n [C] The play revolves round the betrothal of a duke to a doctor's daughter.
(Definition of betroth verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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