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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. give to in marriage;
[syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

affiance \af*fi"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. affianced ([a^]f*f[imac]"anst); p. pr. & vb. n. affiancing ([a^]f*f[imac]"an*s[i^]ng).] [Cf. OF. afiancier, fr. afiance.] 1. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage. [1913 Webster] To me, sad maid, he was affianced. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To assure by promise. [Obs.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Affiance \Af*fi"ance\ ([a^]f*f[imac]"ans), n. [OE. afiaunce trust, confidence, OF. afiance, fr. afier to trust, fr. LL. affidare to trust; ad + fidare to trust, fr. L. fides faith. See Faith, and cf. Affidavit, Affy, Confidence.] 1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise. [archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. [archaic] [1913 Webster] Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. --Sir J. Stephen. [1913 Webster] Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]




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