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AFFIANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does affiance mean?
• AFFIANCE (verb)
The verb AFFIANCE has 1 sense:
1. give to in marriage
Familiarity information: AFFIANCE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give to in marriage
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
affiance; betroth; engage; plight
Hypernyms (to "affiance" is one way to...):
vow (make a vow; promise)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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