betroth

(bĭ-trōTH', -trôth')
tr.v., -trothed, -troth·ing, -troths.

1. To promise to give in marriage: was betrothed to a member of the royal family.
2. Archaic. To promise to marry.

[Middle English bitrouthen : bi-, be- + trouth, troth (from Old English trēowth).]

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Definition: marry
Antonyms: divorce, leave, separate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - trolove

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich verloven

Français (French)
v. tr. - promettre en mariage à, fiancer à

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich verloben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αρραβωνιάζω (κόρη), μνηστεύω

Italiano (Italian)
fidanzarsi

idioms:

• betroth to    fidanzarsi con

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prometer em casamento

idioms:

• betroth to    prometer em casamento

Русский (Russian)
обручить

idioms:

• betroth to    обручить с кем-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prometer en matrimonio

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - trolova

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
订婚, 许配

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 訂婚, 許配

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 을 약혼시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 婚約させる

idioms:

• betroth to    婚約させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) خطب, وعد بالزواج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אירס‬

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