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View definitions for betrothed

betrothed

adjective as in engaged

Weak match

noun as in intended

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Just months ago, Ashanti confirmed that she and the “Hot in Herre” rapper, 49, were betrothed and expecting their first child together.

Lopez and Affleck were previously betrothed in the early aughts but famously called off their engagement.

“The Mirror told me that I will be protected from you as long as a certain princess isn’t around in your moment of need. I believe you know of this girl—you were at one point betrothed to her, after all.”

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

The year after she married, Andrej was betrothed to a clerk’s daughter; he later married her and became a Lutheran priest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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