Betrothed has 2 syllables.
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1. | The princess was betrothed to a prince who lived a great way off. | |
2. | When the princess grew up she was betrothed to a prince who lived at a great distance. | |
3. | But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. | |
4. | Alessandro Manzoni’s 1840 novel "The Betrothed" ("I Promessi Sposi") is set against the backdrop of a plague that struck the villages around Milan and then advanced into the city itself in 1630. |