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Definition of affiance in English: affianceverb əˈfʌɪənsəˈfaɪəns be affiancedliterary Be engaged to marry. 〈诗/文〉使订婚 Edward was affianced to Lady Eleanor Butler 爱德华与埃莉诺·巴特勒女士订婚。 Example sentencesExamples - Ferdinand wished to wed Anna, who was affianced to Edmond.
- The Council ordered me to be affianced to you.
- She and Gabriel are affianced, she added as an after thought.
- Yet, it astounded those women that her father had wealth, power, and she had beauty, and she wasn't even affianced.
- But she has affianced her daughter to a promising young man in a prosperous Korean family.
Synonyms busy, unavailable, occupied engaged, betrothed, espoused, promised, plighted, pledged, contracted, bound
OriginLate 15th century: from Old French afiancer, from afier 'promise, entrust', from medieval Latin affidare 'declare on oath', from ad- 'towards' + fides 'trust'. Definition of affiance in US English: affianceverbəˈfaɪənsəˈfīəns be affiancedliterary Be engaged to marry. 〈诗/文〉使订婚 Ann Elliott was affianced to Col. Lewis Morris Example sentencesExamples - The Council ordered me to be affianced to you.
- Yet, it astounded those women that her father had wealth, power, and she had beauty, and she wasn't even affianced.
- She and Gabriel are affianced, she added as an after thought.
- But she has affianced her daughter to a promising young man in a prosperous Korean family.
- Ferdinand wished to wed Anna, who was affianced to Edmond.
Synonyms busy, unavailable, occupied engaged, betrothed, espoused, promised, plighted, pledged, contracted, bound
OriginLate 15th century: from Old French afiancer, from afier ‘promise, entrust’, from medieval Latin affidare ‘declare on oath’, from ad- ‘towards’ + fides ‘trust’. |