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| af·fi·ance [ ə f ənss ] (past and past participle af·fi·anced, present participle af·fi·anc·ing, 3rd person present singular af·fi·anc·es) |
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promise in marriage: to promise somebody or yourself in marriage to somebody else
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| [14th century. < Old French afiancer< afiance "trust" < medieval Latin affidare "to trust"] |
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