ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]

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  1.  Promised in marriage; betrothed, engaged.

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1580.  Baret, Alvearie, A 200. Affiaunced and promysed in mariage, Desponsatus.

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1865.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., II. VIII. iii. 315. And Wilhelmina is the affianced Bride of Friedrich of Baireuth.

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  † 2.  Hence fig. Closely related; akin. Obs. rare.

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1607.  Topsell, Four-footed Beasts (1673), 7. Yet is their head and tip of their tail yellow, so that the Martins before mentioned, seem to be affianced to these.

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  † 3.  Assured by pledge or promise. Obs.

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1725.  Pope, Odyssey, I. 162. Stranger! whoe’er thou art, securely rest, Affianc’d in my faith.

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