vt. 订婚, 许配

[法] 订婚

[ verb ]
give to in marriage
<verb.communication> affiance engage plight

Betroth \Be*troth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrothed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Betrothing}.] [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See
{Truth}.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or
promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of
a woman.

He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser.

Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's
troth to.

What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and
hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.

3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
--Ayliffe.