betroth
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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
Marshal Wolfgang de Polhain, instructed by Maximilian to betroth Anne to his master, heard a rumour of this hasty alliance.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.
This morning I let myself be persuaded, from weakness, from emotion, they had celebrated my birthday so unexpectedly, to promise to betroth myself this evening to Baron von Wallen.
From The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels by Thirlwall, Connop
Vocabulary lists containing betroth
Novel Study: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts 4–5
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