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
Nobody could forbid him choose Danusia for the lady of his thoughts; but afterward the princess had betrothed them.
From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Samuel A. Binion
The man slain had betrothed his sister by promise and had kept her for three months, and had then rejected her.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
When she was only seven years old her mother had betrothed her to Federico, the twelve-year-old son of Raimondo Farnese; this was April 2, 1499.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius
The next year Henry was married to the Italian princess, Bertha, to whom his father had betrothed him as a child.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor
