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Rarehandfast
The correct spelling is handfast.
How to pronounce handfast
noun
Say it like: Han-dfa-st
The correct spelling is handfast. A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
- 2.A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
verb
- 1.To pledge; to bind
- 2.(obsolete or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
adjective
- 1.Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
- 2.Strong; steadfast.
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