Affiance

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  • transitive verb. To bind in a pledge of marriage; betroth.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
  • noun. Faith, trust.
  • noun. A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. give to in marriage
    • Word Usage
    "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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