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affiance

/əˈfaɪ.əns/ verb

Latin root: affīdāre Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about affiance at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Give to in marriage.

Origin

From Middle French affiance, from affier (from Medieval Latin affīdāre, from *fīdāre, from Latin fīdere) + -ance.

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