affiance
affiance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. Sir J. Stephen. Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance. Tennyson.
- 2.To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage. To me, sad maid, he was affianced. Spenser.
- 3.To assure by promise. [Obs.] Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- airy
- anchor
- anticipation
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- balm
- beam
- belief
- bit
- blue
- bottom
- box
- bright
- buoyancy
- cheer
- clear
- cloud
- confidence
- dawn
- day
- desire
- dream
- end
- enthusiasm
- expectation
- faith
- fervent
- flash
- fond
- gleam
- glimmer
- golden
- good
- grace
- heart
- heaven
- hope
- hopeful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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