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Be·troth v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser.
Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
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betrothed
adj : pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: affianced,
bespoken, engaged, pledged]
n : the person to whom you are engaged