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verb (used with object)
1.
to arrange for the marriage of; affiance (usually used in passive constructions): The couple was betrothed with the approval of both families.
2.
Archaic. to promise to marry.
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betroth
c.1300, betrouthen, from bi- "thoroughly" + O.E. treowðe "truth, a pledge" (see troth).
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Betroth definition
to promise "by one's truth." Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be married. This usually took place a year or more before marriage. From the time of betrothal the woman was regarded as the lawful wife of the man to whom she was betrothed (Deut. 28:30; Judg. 14:2, 8; Matt. 1:18-21). The term is figuratively employed of the spiritual connection between God and his people (Hos. 2:19, 20).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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