tr.v. af·fi·anced, af·fi·anc·ing, af·fi·anc·es To bind in a pledge of marriage; betroth. [From Middle English affiaunce, assurance, from Old French, from affier, to trust to, from Medieval Latin affīdāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin fīdus, faithful; see bheidh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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