betroth

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Following her death from tuberculosis in 1847, he planned to betroth his first love, Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, in the same city.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

The most important decisions you make in this game are not military, but about to whom to betroth your children.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2012

Intoned the bride's father: "I betroth to Your Majesty my daughter, Farida."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I am going to betroth you to Jankiel Kamionker's daughter."

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de

She believed that the King of France, instead of sending the promised proxy, had himself returned to betroth her at the approaching festival, when he would doubtless declare himself publicly.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)