Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
bespoken, betrothed
(adjective) pledged to be married; “the engaged couple”
betrothed
(noun) the person to whom you are engaged
Source: WordNet® 3.1
betrothed
simple past tense and past participle of betroth
betrothed (comparative more betrothed, superlative most betrothed)
Engaged to be married.
betrothed (plural betrotheds)
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*troth", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing.] Etym: [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her Deut. xx. 7.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.