Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping. [Obs.] Shak.
Contract; specifically, espousal. [Obs.]
Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. [Obs.] Bale.
To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage. [Obs.]
Strong; steadfast.[R.] Carlyle.
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