verb (past and past participleprom·ised, present participleprom·is·ing, 3rd person present singularprom·is·es)
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb vow: to assure somebody that something will certainly happen or be done promised to come promised that the patient would recover
2. transitive verb pledge something: to pledge to somebody to provide or do something promised them a kitten
3. transitive and intransitive verb make somebody expect something: to cause somebody to expect something The sky promised rain.
4. transitive verb assure or warn somebody: to assure or warn somebody that something is true or inevitable Things will be fine, I promise you.
5. transitive verb affiance somebody: to engage somebody to be married
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She told him that she was promised to someone else.
noun (pluralprom·is·es)
Definition:
1. assurance or undertaking: an assurance that something will be done or not done He never keeps his promises.
2. indication of success: an indication that somebody or something will turn out well or successfully showed great promise
3. signal of something: an indication that something is likely to happen
[14th century. Directly or via French< Latin promissum< promiss-, past participle of promittere "send forward" < mittere "send"]
