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Vinony

fiance

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/ / /fiˈɒnseɪ/ / /fiˈɑnseɪ/ / /ˈfaɪ.əns/

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of fiancé.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English fyancen, fyauncen, from Middle French fiancer.

  1. To betroth; to affiance.

    “he[…]therfore fianced he his daughter”

    “he should become so lusty over a lady of such questionable motives? He was fianced, after all. Perhaps that was it. Since his engagement, he had abstained from any liaisons, feeling it was only proper in a man soon to be married”