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PROMISe

promise - v 
promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort" 
give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory" 

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Synonyms

covenant, pledge, swear, vow

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Examples

Some methods and technologies that show promise to end famine are controversial.

I had made a promise to her and I intended to keep it, regardless of the outcome.

And yet, she had honored her promise to go with him to the party the next night.

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Etymology

c. 1400, promisse, "a solemn pledge; a vow; a declaration in reference to the future made by one person to another, assuring the latter that the former will do, or not do, a specified act," from Old French promesse "promise, guarantee, assurance" (13c.) and directly from Latin promissum "a promise," noun use of neuter past participle of promittere "send forth; let go; foretell; assure beforehand, promise," from pro "before" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "in front of, before") + mittere "to release, let go; send, throw" (see mission).

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