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trothplight

[trawth-plahyt, trohth-]

noun

engagement to be married; betrothal.

verb (used with object)

to betroth.

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adjective

betrothed.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English trouth plight having plighted troth, betrothed; see troth, plight²

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trothplight (ˈtrəʊθˌplaɪt)

—n
1.	a betrothal

—vb
2.	(tr) to betroth

—*adj*
3.	betrothed; engaged

[C14: from troth + plight²]

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