Definition of promise

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Promise (v. i.) To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil..

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Vow :: Vow (v. i.) To make a vow, or solemn promise..
Plight :: Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Assure :: Assure (v. t.) To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence..
Forward :: Forward (n.) An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
Compromit :: Compromit (n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise..
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm..
Compromise :: Compromise (n.) A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty..
Dawn :: Dawn (v. i.) To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
Promissory :: Promissory (a.) Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
Perfidy :: Perfidy (n.) The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. i.) To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.
Hote :: Hote (v. t. & i.) To promise.
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty..
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise..
Hope :: Hope (n.) One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good..
Payee :: Payee (n.) The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid; the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under Bill..
Promise :: Promise (a.) That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise..
Betrothal :: Betrothal (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance..
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