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   affiance

   /əˈfʌɪəns/

   verb

   • 1. be engaged to marry: literary "Edward was affianced to Lady Eleanor Butler"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French afiancer, from afier ‘promise, entrust’, from medieval Latin affidare ‘declare on oath’, from ad- ‘towards’ + fides ‘trust’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   • F

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