(historical) to arrange an engagement, whereby both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young

綜る: to align warped threads in a loom / 経る, 歴る: to pass; to experience / 減る: to decrease, diminish / 謙る: to be humble, modest

to study hard

Alternative form of リンカーン (Rinkān, “Lincoln”)