af·fi·ance /əˈfaɪən(t)s/
信託,婚約(vt.)訂婚
Af·fi·ance n.
1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise. [archaic]
2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. [archaic]
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.
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af·fi·ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. affianced p. pr. & vb. n. affiancing ]
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.]
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affiance
v : give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, plight]