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promisedadjective chiefly dialectpledged in marriageI cannot entertain your marriage proposal, for I am already promised to another affianced, bespoke(also bespoken, dialect), betrothed, engaged committed unattached to make a solemn declaration of intentthey promised to keep in touch with us after they moved away covenanted, pledged, swore, vowed affianced, betrothed, plighted, trothedacceded, agreed, assented, consentedcontracted, engaged, ensured, guaranteed, undertookaffirmed, asserted, averred, avouched, avowed, declared, insisted, warranted gave one's word to show signs of a favorable or successful outcomegiven the cast, the new sitcom promises to be an excellent show augured, boded, foreboded(also forboded) forecast(also forecasted), foretold, predicted, presaged, prognosticated, prophesiedforewarned, warnedanticipated, divined, foreknew, foresawbetokened, foreshadowed, harbingered, portended, prefigured, presignifiedindicated, signifiedalluded, connoted, hinted, implied, insinuated, intimated, suggested bade fair(or bid fair) |