verb
affiance
Affiance (verb) means to promise to marry someone; to become engaged to them.
verb
1
To promise to marry someone; to become engaged to them.
"She left our former teacher at the altar. Oh well, it's no secret that Prissy was affianced to our former teacher, but justifiably fled the wedding."
— Moira Walley-Beckett, What We have been Makes Us what We are (2018)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle French affiance, from affier (itself from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) plus -ance.
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What is the meaning of affiance?
"affiance" (verb) means to promise to marry someone; to become engaged to them.
What is another word for affiance?
Other words for "affiance" include betroth, plight, engage.
