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Meanings of betrothed in inglês

Having formally promised to be married.

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A woman who is engaged to be married.

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Examples for "engaged"
Examples for "engaged"
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The Boxboard Europe segment is engaged in manufacturing coated boxboard in Europe.
Reuters
2
Its Investment services segment is engaged in providing capital market related services.
Reuters
3
The government also engaged in a major purge of the state media.
The Irish Times
4
Art is critical to the health of an engaged and thinking society.
The Guardian
5
The Company is engaged in electric power generation by hydroelectric power plants.
Reuters
1
Russia initially pledged 500 million rubles in support for the stock market.
Reuters
2
Certain poppy fields in Turkey had pledged him certain amounts every year.
The Godfather
3
Last year it pledged to hold a plebiscite to gauge public support.
News.com.au
4
China has pledged not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states.
Reuters
5
France and Germany have already pledged financial aid for their car industries.
Reuters
1
It was Suke Damson, the affianced one of simple young Tim Tangs.
The Woodlanders
2
The drudge had probably been affianced oftener than any woman in Bursley.
The Old Wives' Tale
3
This very day you shall be affianced to the Countess of Ostheim.
Love and Intrigue: A Tragedy
4
The affianced of Death, he was adorning himself to meet his bride.
Murat / Celebrated Crimes
5
But it was very hard for an affianced lover to stop here.
The End of the World: A Love Story
1
In addition, sixty unopened areas are bespoken, including the Ukraine and Albania.
Messages to the Bahá'í World: 1950–1957
2
Grand Central Palace and lower Park Ave. bespoken for pageants, exhibits, etc.
The new yorker
3
They had been bespoken some time, and could be no longer delayed.
In the Wars of the Roses: A Story for the Young
4
You'll almost feel like it's bespoken, but for a third of the price.
Ebony
5
You have bespoken your government for the time, and you must keep it.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History

A man who is engaged to be married.

Usage of betrothed in inglês
1
As we both know, we have been betrothed for two long years.
The White Princess
2
You would ask from your betrothed not her love but her pity.
Forge of Darkness
3
Such were the thoughts which filled the mind of the envied betrothed.
Cosmopolis — Volume 4
4
In short, he was betrothed to the girl, and the wedding-day came.
One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories / Right Pleasaunte To...
5
Silently I stood upon the plain with my betrothed in my arms.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
6
I was betrothed to you; you were rich and I was poor.
Serge Panine — Volume 01
7
A woman dreamt in youth that she was betrothed to the Sun.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
8
About this time he read in the newspaper that Elsbeth was betrothed.
Dame Care
9
Who do you think seized your betrothed from her home in Kern?
The Sword of Shannara
10
After supper, friends and relatives trooped in to congratulate the newly-betrothed couple.
Rabbi and Priest: A Story
11
Suzanne had not seen her betrothed since the fight upon the stairs.
The Trampling of the Lilies
12
Rosalind's heart raced, but she refused to look away before her betrothed.
The spurned viscountess
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He was betrothed, and the Empress Elizabeth herself had blessed the betrothal.
The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel
14
Lucy, the witness explained, was Lucy Brent, the betrothed of the deceased.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
15
Time passed; Nalini was betrothed to a young Calcutta physician, Panchanon Bose.
Autobiography of a Yogi
16
One of the daughters, Josepha, was betrothed to the King of Naples.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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