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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Affiance \Af*fi"ance\ ([a^]f*f[imac]"ans), n. [OE. afiaunce
trust, confidence, OF. afiance, fr. afier to trust, fr. LL.
affidare to trust; ad + fidare to trust, fr. L. fides faith.
See Faith, and cf. Affidavit, Affy, Confidence.]
1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise. [archaic]
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2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. [archaic]
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Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual
affiance in the divine love. --Sir J.
Stephen.
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Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have
Most joy and most affiance. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
affiance \af*fi"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. affianced
([a^]f*f[imac]"anst); p. pr. & vb. n. affiancing
([a^]f*f[imac]"an*s[i^]ng).] [Cf. OF. afiancier, fr.
afiance.]
1. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or
solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
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To me, sad maid, he was affianced. --Spenser.
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2. To assure by promise. [Obs.] --Pope.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Affiance \Af*fi"ance\, n. [OE. afiaunce trust, confidence, OF.
afiance, fr. afier to trust, fr. LL. affidare to trust; ad +
fidare to trust, fr. L. fides faith. See Faith, and cf.
Affidavit, Affy, Confidence.]
1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence.
Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual
affiance in the divine love. --Sir J.
Stephen.
Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy
and most affiance. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Affiance \Af*fi"ance\, v. t. [imp. ? p. p. Affianced; p. pr. ?
vb. n. Affiancing.] [Cf. OF. afiancier, fr. afiance.]
1. To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or
solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.
To me, sad maid, he was affianced. --Spenser.
2. To assure by promise. [Obs.] --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
affiance
v : give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, plight]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
affiance
n.
faith#Noun, trust#Noun.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
affiance
n.
faith#Noun, trust#Noun.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
affiance
n.
faith#Noun, trust#Noun.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
affiance
n.
faith#Noun, trust#Noun.
vb.
(lb en transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Affiance /ɐfˈaɪəns/
اخطب
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
affiance /ɐfˈaɪəns/
zasnoubit
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
affiance /ɐfˈaɪəns/
[poet.] Eheversprechen , Verlobung [soc.]
Synonyms: affiancing, betrothal, betrothment, espousal, handfast, trothplight, plighting of your troth
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
affiance /ɐfˈaɪəns/
[poet.] jdn. jdm. versprechen [altertümlich] , jdn. mit jdm. verloben [soc.]
Synonyms: betroth, plight sb. to sb.
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
affiance /ɐfˈaɪəns/
υπόσχεση γάμου
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
affiance //əˈfaɪ.əns//
olla kihloissa
to be betrothed to
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
affiance /ɐfˈaɪəns/
povjerenje, vjera, zaruke, zaručiti se
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
affiance /ɐfˈaɪəns/
1. nişanlamak
2. nişan.
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]
AFFIANCE, contracts. From affidare or dare fidem, to give a pledge. A
plighting of troth between a man and woman. Litt. s. 39. Pothier, Traite du
Mariage, n. 24, defines it to be a an agreement by which a man and a woman
promise each other that they will marry together. This word is used by some
authors as synonymous with marriage. Co. Litt. 34, a, note 2. See Dig. 23, 1
Code 5, 1, 4; Extrav. 4, 1.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 信托,婚约;
v. 与...订婚;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 信托,婚约
vt. 订婚
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