betroth
verb (used with object)
to arrange for the marriage of; affiance (usually used in passive constructions).
has betrothed
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present perfectof betroth (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Well of the Consolation has betrothed us.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
They tell me, "Anna Andreyevna has betrothed her daughter."
From The Inspector-General by Thomas Seltzer
He has betrothed her, in eternal covenant, to Himself.
From The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason by Grenville Kleiser
He has betrothed His daughter Margaret to this shameless Duke.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
She brought Dorothy and me to the General and said: "General, my daughter has betrothed herself to this young man, Mr. Miles."
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
