Obs. In 5 -aunce. [a. OF. covenancier, -ancer, to covenant, settle or contract, f. covenance, agreement, covenant: see prec.] trans. To agree to, settle or contract by covenant.
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 100. She thenne, that wold fayne haue sene this maryage to be couenaunced and graunted.
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, xxxvii. 126. To hym he hadde couenaunced his daughter Lauyne.