Betroth \Be*troth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.]

[Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth.]

1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser.

Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.

What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.

3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. --Ayliffe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)