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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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