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.

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a. 1450.  Knt. de la Tour (1868), 100. She thenne, that wold fayne haue sene this maryage to be couenaunced and graunted.

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1490.  Caxton, Eneydos, xxxvii. 126. To hym he hadde couenaunced his daughter Lauyne.

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