Definition of "betroths" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betroth. (verb)

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• "After she has borne him children, Jason betrays her and betroths himself to Glauce, the daughter of Creon, ruler of Corinth, to seek his own political power."
• "He said “I am indebted to you, and if one betroths a woman by [way of repaying] a debt, the betrothal is not in force.”"
• "This legal act — a type of eminent domain, or legal confiscation of property — would retroactively invalidate the formal requirements of the halakhic marriage contract that the wedding ring with which a husband betroths his wife must belong to him."