Definition of Promised

1. Verb. (past of promise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Promised

1. promise [v] - See also: promise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Promised

prominence
prominences
prominencies
prominency
prominent
prominently
promines
prominin
promis'd
promiscuities
promiscuity
promiscuously
promiscuousness
promise
promised (current term)
promised one
promisee
promisees
promiseless
promiser
promisers
promises
promisest
promiseth
promising
promisingly
promisor
promisors
promissive

Literary usage of Promised

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Looking Backward, 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (1917)
"EDITH had promised he should do, Dr. Leete accompanied me to my bedroom ... Mindful of what had happened to me that very morning, I promised to heed his ..."

2. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"And I believe this upon a double account: First, because God has promised it; secondly, because he is able to perform it. ..."

3. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"In one word, let him lead them forth against the enemy, and they promised that he should not find them fail from his side in the stress of battle. ..."

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