What does "affianced" mean?

simple past and past participle of affiance

What is a synonym for "affianced"?

Common synonyms include: assured, betrothed, bound, bride-to-be, committed, compromised.

Affianced

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of affiance form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1
engaged; betrothed literary, not-comparable
"Their relationship, closeted because Wani is nominally affianced, isn't the only secret they share: Wani has introduced Nick to cocaine, a different line of beauty and emblematic of the perilous gratifications the 1980's have seemingly underwritten."

Synonyms

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assured betrothed bound bride-to-be committed compromised

Example

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"Choose if you will have this hall floated with blood, or if you will grant me the decisive interview with my affianced bride which the laws of God and the country alike entitle me to demand."

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