betroth

Following her death from tuberculosis in 1847, he planned to betroth his first love, Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, in the same city.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022

The most important decisions you make in this game are not military, but about to whom to betroth your children.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2012

Intoned the bride's father: "I betroth to Your Majesty my daughter, Farida."

From Time Magazine Archive

But I shall betroth you to the daughter of Eli Witebski, the great merchant.

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by C. S. de Soissons

What then made her betroth herself to Jan Vedder?

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Before the combat Lohengrin betroths himself to Elsa, naming only the condition that she shall never question him as to his name or race.

From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

If a man says to a woman, "Thou art betrothed to me after thirty days," and in the interim another comes and betroths her, she is the second suitor's.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Cressida betroths herself to Troilus, a son of Priam, and vows eternal fidelity.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Before she has time to complete her arrangements, however, Buondelmonte betroths himself to a daughter of the house of Amidei.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Love betroths to itself wisdom by preparing for it a house or bridal chamber, and marries it by conjoining it to itself by affections, and afterwards lives wisely with it in that house.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by John Ager

The two formidable women in Cal’s life—Lena, his betrothed, and Trey, his teenage protégée—suspect that Rachel was silenced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Hemsworth is also betrothed, set to marry Australian model Gabriella Brooks, who announced their engagement in September.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025

Was he supposed to be betrothed to him forever, and be a mantlepiece for folk music until his death?

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024

You’ve surely seen these pictures: The newly betrothed couple walking back down the aisle, the bride and groom graciously taking in their champagne toasts, a few dizzying iPhone videos from a crowded dance floor.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2024

"And you, dog, away with you, you're scaring my betrothed."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

It was a strange betrothing, and little said.

From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The wily Menschikof succeeded in betrothing his daughter to the young Emperor, but not in retaining his ascendency over the self-willed boy.

From A Short History of Russia by Mary Platt Parmele

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.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

The ancient ceremony of betrothing seems still to have been in full use in Shakespeare’s day.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

By betrothing, each party is prepared for conjugial love.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg