betrothed

«betrothed» in Mova's school dictionary: promised in marriage, engaged to be married — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (no other forms); also a noun, «my betrothed» (formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Betrothed means promised in marriage, engaged to be married. tree →

2) A person's betrothed is the person they are engaged to marry. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales the princess and her betrothed are often happy together, and the betrothed is the one chosen for the wedding.

examples

• Soon after came the Princess and her betrothed. tree →
• The man she is betrothed to is one of my servants. tree →
• The betrothed pair were very happy. 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.

Trees and pragmatics

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