(obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.

(obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.

(transitive) To pledge; to bind.

(transitive, Scotland, archaic or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.

(obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.

(rare) Strong; steadfast.