mbles verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Armenian

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նշանել verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Aromanian

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isusescu verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

adaxlanmaq verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
nişanlanmaq verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Bulgarian

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сгодявам verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Chinese Mandarin

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聘 verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
訂婚 /订婚 verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
許嫁 /许嫁 verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
許配 /许配 verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Dutch

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verloven verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
zich verloven verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Esperanto

2 entries

fianĉigi verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
fianĉiĝi verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Finnish

4 entries

kihlata verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
kihlautua verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
lupautua verb (of God: to enter into a relationship with (believers, or the church as a whole))
lupautua verb (of a priest: to pledge (himself) to the church prior to being consecrated as a bishop)

French

2 entries

fiancer verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
se fiancer verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

German

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sich verloben verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
verloben verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Greek

2 entries

μνηστεύομαι verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
μνηστεύω verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Hungarian

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eljegyez verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
eljegyeztet verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Icelandic

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trúlofast verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Ido

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fiancar verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
fiancar su verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Irish

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geall verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
luaigh le verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Italian

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fidanzare verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
fidanzarsi verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
promettere in sposa verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Japanese

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婚約する verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Kumyk

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гелешинмек verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Māori

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taipū verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
whakaihi verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
whakapākūwhā verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Occitan

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acordar verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
aprodelar verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
prometre verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

نشانلامق verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
نشانلانمق verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Polish

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zaręczyć się verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Portuguese

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prometer verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Romanian

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logodi verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Russian

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обруча́ть verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
обруча́ться verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
обручи́ть verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
обручи́ться verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Serbo-Croatian

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zarúčiti verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
зару́чити verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Slovene

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zaročiti se verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Spanish

4 entries

comprometer en matrimonio verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
comprometerse en matrimonio verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
desposar verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
desposarse verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Swedish

3 entries

förlova verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)
förlova sig verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)
trolova verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Thai

1 entries

คู่หมั้น่ verb (often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man)

Turkish

1 entries

nişanlanmak verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Welsh

1 entries

dyweddïo verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

Yiddish

1 entries

פֿאַרקנסן verb (of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse)

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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him goe and returne vnto his houſe, leſt he die in battel, and another man take her.

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He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative.

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The couple were betrothed not long after they met each other.

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You to remoue that ſiege of griefe from her [Juliet] / Betrothd and vvould haue married her perforce / To Countie Paris.

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