Hypertext Webster Gateway: "affianced"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Affiance \Af*fi"ance\, v. t. [imp. ? p. p. {Affianced}; p. pr. ?
vb. n. {Affiancing}.] [Cf. OF. afiancier, fr. afiance.]
1. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or
solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
To me, sad maid, he was affianced. --Spenser.
2. To assure by promise. [Obs.] --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
affianced
adj : pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: {bespoken},
{betrothed}, {engaged}, {pledged}]
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