betroth
verb (used with object)
to arrange for the marriage of; affiance (usually used in passive constructions).
had betrothed
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past perfectof betroth.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Doran Martell had betrothed her to his son in the belief that she was Robert’s blood.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
He had betrothed his daughter to Lucius Icilius, who had been tribune, a man of spirit and of approved zeal in the interest of the people.
From Roman History, Books I-III by Titus Livius
England was the husband which she had betrothed to her; Englishmen were her children; while employed in rearing and governing such a family, she could not deem herself sterile or her life useless.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
She did not even know that the world had betrothed her.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
During all these years she had never ceased to look forward with an anxious heart to the day when she would once more meet the man to whom she had betrothed herself eighteen years ago.
From Chinese Folk-Lore Tales by J. (John) Macgowan
