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- verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of
promise
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Examples
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Whenas thou art wroth, curb thy wrath; when thou art afflicted, be patient; when thou speakest be soothfast; when thou promisest, perform; when thou judgest, do justice; when thou hast power, be merciful; deal generously by thy governors and lieutenants, forgive thy foes; be lavish of good offices to thine adversary, and stay thy mischief from him.
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Hadst thou not sinned beyond the possibility of forgiveness, interrupted she; and this had been the first time that thus thou solemnly promisest and invokest the vengeance thou hast as often defied; the desperateness of my condition might have induced me to think of taking a wretched chance with a man so profligate.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Molesworth, great reformer, thou who promisest Utopia.
The Warden 2004
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Balin went a little from him, and looked on his horse; then heard Balin him say thus: Ah, fair lady, why have ye broken my promise, for thou promisest me to meet me here by noon, and I may curse thee that ever ye gave me this sword, for with this sword I slay myself, and pulled it out.
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And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 19: Esther The Challoner Revision
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And when she said again: I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give me a pledge, till thou send what thou promisest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And when she said again: I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give me a pledge, till thou send what thou promisest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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And when she said again: I will suffer what thou wilt, if thou give me a pledge, till thou send what thou promisest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision
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