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

1. transitive verb. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
2. transitive verb. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
3. transitive verb. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
4. verb. give to in marriage

   Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight

Synonyms

affiance, engage, plight

Common word forms

betroths, betrothal, betrothed, betrothing, betrothment

Words from these letters

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