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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Beowulf tells Hygelac that her father has betrothed her to Ingeld, prince of the Heathobards, in the hope of settling the feud between the two peoples.
From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous
They tell me, "Anna Andreyevna has betrothed her daughter."
From The Inspector-General by Thomas Seltzer
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
He has betrothed himself in Berlin, fancy--and very probably in Hamburg, in Paris, in Vienna, wherever he may have been.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
He has betrothed His daughter Margaret to this shameless Duke.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
