Affiance

(n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

(n.) Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.

(v. t.) To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.

(v. t.) To assure by promise.

伊莉斯校对

• To drop the figure,--he saw and won the love of a high-minded and beautiful woman, in one of the northern states, and they were affianced. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Affianced, he explained, still busy with the fruit. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Attila continued to speak of her as his affianced bride, and to use the relationship as a pretext for aggressions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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