1. to promise to give in marriage or to promise to marry
Usage: formal; often used in passive voice

Examples

• The princess was betrothed to a foreign prince at age sixteen.
• In the arranged marriage, the families betrothed their children when they were still young.
• She was betrothed to her childhood friend in a traditional ceremony.
• The couple became betrothed after a formal proposal.
• He betrothed his daughter to the merchant’s son.
• They were betrothed for two years before the wedding.