| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fi·ance |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -f  ns |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: af·fi·anced, af·fi·anc·ing, af·fi·anc·es
To bind in a pledge of marriage; betroth. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English affiaunce, assurance, from Old French, from affier, to trust to, from Medieval Latin affd re : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin fdus, faithful; see bheidh- in Appendix I.
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