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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
committed \committed\ adjective
1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of {uncommitted}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {bound up, involved, wrapped up}; {dedicated, devoted}; {pledged, sworn}] [WordNet 1.5]
2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also called {attached}. Opposite of {unattached}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {affianced}, {bespoken}, {betrothed}, {engaged}, {pledged}, {promised}(predicate); {married}] [Also See: {loving}.]
Syn: attached. [WordNet 1.5]
3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or mental institution. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Betroth \Be*troth"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Betrothed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betrothing}.] [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See {Truth}.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser.
Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. --Ayliffe.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
betrothed
adjective: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: {affianced}, {bespoken}, {engaged}, {pledged}]
noun: the person to whom you are engaged
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "betrothed": affianced, assured, bound, bride-to-be, committed, compromised, contracted, engaged, fiance, fiancee, future, guaranteed, intended, obligated, pledged, plighted, promised, sworn, underwritten, warranted
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