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Proposal of marriage   /prəpˈoʊzəl əv mˈɛrɪdʒ/   Listen
Proposal of marriage

noun
1.
An offer of marriage.  Synonyms: marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal.






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"Proposal of marriage" Quotes from Famous Books



... believe the poor man invited himself, because he happened to be staying in the neighbourhood. He was a gallant old sailor, and very polite to both his cousins; and one day Isabella interpreted his compliments into a proposal of marriage. Georgina has given me to understand that no one was ever more astounded and terrified than the admiral when he found himself engaged to Isabella. But apparently he was a chivalrous old gentleman, and would not disappoint her. It is really rather ...
— Peter's Mother • Mrs. Henry De La Pasture

... last said with some effort, 'you will not suppose that I am not alive to your goodness—that I am not grateful for your fatherly interest in my happiness; but I fear that Caterina's feelings towards me are not such as to warrant the hope that she would accept a proposal of marriage from me.' ...
— Scenes of Clerical Life • George Eliot



Words linked to "Proposal of marriage" :   question, offer, offering



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