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Belief; faith; fidelity. Bid her alight And hertroth plight. Shak.

Faitless; false; treacherous. Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky. Fairfax.

To betroth. [Obs.]

Having fidelity pledged.

Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham.

iage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak.

The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. "The feast of betrothal." Longfellow.

The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal.

The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage. To me, sad maid, he was affianced. Spenser.

To betroth or espouse; to affiance. [Obs.] Shak.

Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] Shak.

rom the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. [Obs.] By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. Shak. Breast drill, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. -- Breast pang. See Angina pectoris, under Angina. -- To make a clean…

United; joined; betrothed. [R.]

To betroth; to affiance. The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us. Shak.

Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace. Inquire me out contracted bachelors. Shak.

A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed. Such were our couple, man and wife. Lloyd. Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league. Milton.

Betrothal. [Obs.] Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe.

To betroth. [Obs.] Johnson.