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单词 betroth
释义 be·troth
\bə̇ˈträth, bē-, -ˈtrȯth, -ˈtrōth, or with th\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English betreuthen, betrouthen, from be- + treuthe, trouthe truth, troth — more at truth
1. archaic : to promise to take in marriage : plight one's troth to
2.
 a. : to promise in marriage : affiance
  < a daughter betrothed to a rising young lawyer >
  < two children of noble blood betrothed almost from birth >
 b. obsolete : pledge
  < a fool that betroths himself to unquietness — Shakespeare >
3. : to give or pledge in religious faith and affiliation
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