affiance
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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. [1913 Webster]
To me, sad maid, he was affianced.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.To assure by promise. [Obs.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
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] [1913 Webster]
2.Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. [archaic] [1913 Webster]
Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love.— Sir J. Stephen.[1913 Webster]
Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]