transitive verb. To bind in a pledge of marriage; betroth.

To betroth; bind by promise of marriage: as, to affiance a daughter; to affiance one's self.

To assure by pledge or promise.

noun. Trust; confidence; reliance.

noun. The pledging of faith, as in contracting marriage; a solemn engagement; a marriage contract.

noun. Affinity; intimate relation; connection.

noun. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

noun. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.

transitive verb. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.

transitive verb. To assure by promise.

verb. To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.

noun. Faith, trust.

noun. A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.

verb. give to in marriage

"For example, an apprentice's contract from the Guild of English Merchant Tailors for 1451 states that the apprentice is "not to commit fornication in or out of his master's house, nor make any contract of matrimony nor affiance himself without his master's permission.""

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