affiance

Example Sentences

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But under his old preceptor, Lord Bute, backed by Lord North, he was bound to court ruin and affiance it.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

The choice rested with the fathers, who were accustomed to affiance their sons early, indeed when mere boys.

From The Women of the Caesars by Ferrero, Guglielmo

The king with full affiance took Siegfried's words for true.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

But now Liben bids farewell to the forest; he is going home that his mother may affiance and wed him to the daughter of the Pope Nicholas.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

That attachment and affiance, which ought to subsist between the dependant and his protector, are destroyed.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester