affiance
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noun \ə-ˈfī-ən(t)s\Definition of AFFIANCE
archaic : trust, confidence
Origin of AFFIANCE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from affier to pledge, trust, from Medieval Latin affidare to pledge, from Latin ad- + Vulgar Latin *fidare to trust — more at fiancé
First Known Use: 14th century
2affiance
transitive verbaffiancedaffianc·ing
Definition of AFFIANCE
: to solemnly promise (oneself or another) in marriage : betroth
First Known Use of AFFIANCE
1555
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