handfast

handfast has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
• n.. Contract; specifically, espousal.
• a.. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
• v. t.. To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.
• n.. Strong; steadfast.