tr.v. be·trothed, be·troth·ing, be·troths To promise to give in marriage: was betrothed to a member of the royal family. [Middle English bitrouthen : bi-, be- + trouth, troth (from Old English trēowth; see deru- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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