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| 3 results for affiance | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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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. | |
