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betrothed

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1. betrothed - Noun

2. betrothed - Adjective

3. betrothed - Verb

5. betrothed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Betroth

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. Peter Ustinov

When you have just been told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon. P. G. Wodehouse

...first thing is that I love you. And the second thing is that as much as I honor your former profession, I don't think your geese care much for your betrothed and I hope they hadn't any plans on sharing our bed. Shannon Hale

The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he. Ralph Waldo Emerson

She who is born a beauty is born betrothed. Italian Proverb

The betrothed of good is evil; the betrothed of life is death; the betrothed of love is divorce. Malawi Proverb

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