Dictionary Entry
betroth
betroth is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
- 2transitive verb
To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
- 3transitive verb
To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
- 4verb
give to in marriage
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