to betroth oneself to

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• betroth — [v] marry affiance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give one’s hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow; concept 297 Ant. divorce, leave, separate …   New thesaurus

• betroth — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. publish the banns, become engaged, bestow one s hand, give one s hand, contract, pledge, promise, precontract, plight faith, plight troth, bind, engage, affiance, commit oneself to, undertake to marry, espouse …   English dictionary for students

• save oneself — verb To refrain from having sex until one meets a suitable person to date or betroth or marry She told me shes saving herself for marriage …   Wiktionary

• Promise — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Promise >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 promise promise undertaking word troth plight pledge parole word of honor vow Sgm: N 1 oath oath &c.(affirmation) 535 Sgm: N 1 profes …   English dictionary for students

• promise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. pledge, word. v. give one s word; bid fair, show promise. See promise, expectation, hope. II Pledge to do something Nouns 1. promise, undertaking, word, troth, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow,… …   English dictionary for students

• engage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bind, obligate, pledge, promise; betroth; hire, enlist, employ, book, retain; reserve, secure; occupy, interest, engross, attract, entangle, involve, interlock; set about, take up; fight, contend.… …   English dictionary for students

• Marriage — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Marriage >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 marriage marriage matrimony wedlock union intermarriage miscegenation the bonds of marriage vinculum matrimonii nuptial tie GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 married state married state …   English dictionary for students

• contract — n 1. compact, covenant, concordat, convention, pact, treaty, entente, alliance; settlement, arrangement, understanding, agreement, gentleman s agreement, deal, bargain, transaction; bond, indenture, commitment, obligation, Sl. hit, Sl. death… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• engage — [en gāj′, ingāj′] vt. engaged, engaging [ME engagen < OFr engagier: see EN 1 & GAGE1] 1. Obs. to give or assign as security for a debt, etc. 2. to bind (oneself) by a promise; pledge; specif. (now only in the passive), to bind by a promise of… …   English World dictionary

• engage — v 1. occupy, employ, busy, engross, absorb; entertain, divert, amuse; hold, secure, tie up. 2. employ, hire, enlist, enroll, take on, Inf. take on board, bring aboard, put to work, put on the payroll; sign up, sign, retain, book, reserve;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• gou̯ǝ- (or gau̯ǝ-?:) gū- —     gou̯ǝ (or gau̯ǝ ?:) gū     English meaning: hand; to grab     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Hand; ergreifen, einhändigen”     Material: Av. gava Du., gavō acc. pl. “ hands “; Av. gūnaoiti “ supply, gain “, gaona m. “profit, gain” (see under Lith.… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary