affiance
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affiance
- /əˈfaɪ.əns/
Rhymes with -aɪəns
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From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance.
verb affiances · affiancing · affianced · affiaunce
- To be betrothed to; to promise to marry. [S]he had expected the worst ever since Drusilla had deliberately tried to unsex herself by refusing to feel any natural grief at the death in battle not only of her affianced husband but of her own father [...]
noun affiances · affiaunce
- Faith, trust. […] in syr Launcelot & you I moost had my Ioye / & myn affyaunce / & now haue I lost my Ioye of you bothe […] […] "in Sir Launcelot and you I most had my joy, and mine affiance, and now have I lost my joy of you both" […]
- A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage. I that Ladie to my spouse had wonne; / Accord of friends, consent of parents sought, / Affiance made, my happinesse begonne […]
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verb to be betrothed to
| Deutsch | sich verloben mit |
|---|---|
| Русский | обруча́ться obručátʹsja, обручи́ться obručítʹsja |
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