Commentary for Ketubot 94:3

אבל מדידה לדידיה אפילו ר' אלעזר בן עזריה מודי דמשום איחתוני הוא והא איחתני להו:

But with regard to that which goes from her to him, even R. Elazar b. Azaryah may admit [that betrothal has the same force as marriage] since [these were promised] due to [a desire for] matrimonial association, and such association, surely, had taken place.

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