- present participle of betroth.
betrothing
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It was a strange betrothing, and little said.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
When the time of betrothing is completed, the nuptials ought to take place, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
The state of betrothing may be compared to the state of spring before summer; and the internal pleasantness of that state to the flowering of trees before fructification.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
The custom of betrothing children in their infancy is commonly practised here, in which respect these people differ from the natives of Greenland, where it is comparatively rare.
From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 by Sir William Edward Parry
This betrothing of children is now the custom of the age, in knightly as well as in princely families.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
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