handfast - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'handfast' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Handfast

[ a.]

- Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.

2 . Handfast

[ n.]

- Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
- Contract; specifically, espousal.
- Strong; steadfast.

3 . Handfast

[ v. t.]

- To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage.

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