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affiance

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)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
promise in marriage: to promise somebody or yourself in marriage to somebody else ( literary ) ( often passive )

[14th century. < Old French afiancer< afiance "trust" < medieval Latin affidare "to trust"]
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