affiance
verb
1 affiance
Give to in marriage.
synonyms: betroth, engage, plight.
Roget 903:
marry,
wive,
take to oneself a wife;
be married,
be spliced;
go off,
pair off;
wed,
espouse,
get hitched [U.S.],
lead to the hymeneal altar,
take 'for better for worse',"
give one's hand to,
bestow one's hand upon.
marry,
join,
handfast†;
couple
etc.
(unit)
43;
tie the nuptial knot;
give away,
give away in marriage;
seal;
ally,
affiance;
betroth
etc.
(promise)
768;
publish the banns,
bid the banns;
be asked in church.
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Dutch: engageren, verloven
noun
Roget 768:
promise,
undertaking,
word,
troth,
plight,
pledge,
parole,
word of honor,
vow;
oath
etc.
(affirmation)
535;
profession,
assurance,
warranty,
guarantee,
insurance,
obligation;
contract
etc.
769;
stipulation.
engagement,
preengagement;
affiance;
betroth,
betrothal,
betrothment.
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Roget 858:
hope,
hopes;
desire
etc.
865;
fervent hope,
sanguine expectation,
trust,
confidence,
reliance;
faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
affiance,
assurance;
secureness,
security;
reassurance.
good omen,
good auspices;
promise,
well grounded hopes;
good prospect,
bright prospect;
clear sky.
assumption,
presumption;
anticipation
etc.
(expectation)
507.
hopefulness,
buoyancy,
optimism,
enthusiasm,
heart of grace,
aspiration.
[person who is hopeful]
optimist,
utopian,
utopist†.
castles in the air,
castles in Spain,
chateaux en Espagne [Fr.],
le pot aut lait [Fr.],
Utopia,
millennium;
day dream,
golden dream;
dream of Alnaschar†;
airy hopes,
fool's paradise;
mirage
etc.
(fallacies of vision)
443;
fond hope.
beam of hope,
ray of hope,
gleam of hope,
glimmer of hope,
flash of hope,
dawn of hope,
star of hope;
cheer;
bit of blue sky,
silver lining,
silver lining of the cloud,
bottom of Pandora's box,
balm in Gilead;
light at the end of the tunnel.
anchor,
sheet anchor,
mainstay;
staff
etc.
(support)
215;
heaven
etc.
981.
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affianced
adjective
Roget 768:
promising
etc.
v.;
promissory;
votive;
under hand and seal,
upon oath.
promised
etc.
v.;
affianced,
pledged,
bound;
committed,
compromised;
in for it.
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noun
Roget 897:
love;
fondness
etc.
adj.;
liking;
inclination
etc.
(desire)
865;
regard,
dilection†,
admiration,
fancy.
affection,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling;
tenderness
etc.
adj.;
heart,
brotherly love;
benevolence
etc.
906;
attachment.
yearning,
eros,
tender passion,
amour;
gyneolatry†;
gallantry,
passion,
flame,
devotion,
fervor,
enthusiasm,
transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry.
Cupid,
Venus;
myrtle;
true lover's knot;
love token,
love suit,
love affair,
love tale,
love story;
the,
old story,
plighted love;
courtship
etc.
902;
amourette†;
free love.
maternal love,
storge [Gr.],
parental love;
young love,
puppy love.
attractiveness;
popularity;
favorite
etc.
899.
lover,
suitor,
follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret†,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato [It],
swain,
young man,
flame,
love,
truelove;
leman†,
Lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso†,
cavaliere servente [It],
captive,
cicisbeo†;
caro sposo [It].
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
Dulcinea,
angel,
goddess,
cara sposa [It].
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee.
flirt,
coquette;
amorette†;
pair of turtledoves;
abode of love,
agapemone†.
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adjective
Roget 903:
married
etc.
v.;
one,
one bone and one flesh.
marriageable,
nubile.
engaged,
betrothed,
affianced.
matrimonial,
marital,
conjugal,
connubial,
wedded;
nuptial,
hymeneal,
spousal,
bridal.
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Moby thesaurus: assured, betrothed, bound, bride-to-be, committed, compromised, contracted, engaged, fiance, fiancee, future, guaranteed, intended, obligated, pledged, plighted, promised, sworn, underwritten, warranted.
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