betroth

«betroth» in Mova's school dictionary: to promise a person in marriage, so that they become… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (betroth, betroths, betrothed, betrothing) (old use or formal)

meaning for a pupil

To betroth someone is to promise a person in marriage, so that they become engaged to be married. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a king or father plans to betroth a son or daughter to another royal family.

examples

• The king wishes to betroth me to the son of the king of the Green City. tree →
• He promised to betroth his daughter to the brave knight. tree →
• They were betrothed when they were young. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
• And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «betroth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.