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[syn: bespoken, betrothed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
committed \committed\ adj.
1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular
cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of uncommitted.
Note: [Narrower terms: bound up, involved, wrapped up;
dedicated, devoted; pledged, sworn]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also
called attached. Opposite of unattached.
Note: [Narrower terms: affianced, bespoken, betrothed,
engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married]
[Also See: loving.]
Syn: attached.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or
mental institution.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Betroth \Be*troth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Betrothing.] [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See
Truth.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or
promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of
a woman.
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He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser.
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Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.
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2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's
troth to.
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What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and
hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.
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3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
--Ayliffe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
betrothed
adj 1: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn:
bespoken, betrothed]
n 1: the person to whom you are engaged
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "betrothed":
affianced, assured, bound, bride-to-be, committed, compromised,
contracted, engaged, fiance, fiancee, future, guaranteed, intended,
obligated, pledged, plighted, promised, sworn, underwritten,
warranted