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已订婚者订婚了的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Betroth \Be*troth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrothed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Betrothing}.] [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See
{Truth}.]
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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
betrothed
adj : pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: {affianced},
{bespoken}, {engaged}, {pledged}]
n : the person to whom you are engaged