Significados de formal betrothal en inglés

There had been no formal betrothal to Marietta.

A formal betrothal had seemed scarcely necessary.

When the affair has reached this stage, it becomes necessary to secure the public recognition which constitutes the relation a formal betrothal.

It was not, therefore, until a formal betrothal began to loom up, that the seniors on either side bethought themselves of the consequences.

Then she takes some feathers off the baby's head and puts them on to his; that makes it a formal betrothal, binding to both sides.

"But," said he, perceiving his error, "how many persons am I to call out before she will consent to a formal betrothal?"