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promised, ppl. a.|ˈprɒmɪst|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Undertaken to be done or given; of which promise is made. promised land: the land of Canaan, as promised to Abraham and his posterity (Gen. xii. 7, xiii. 15, etc.); hence allusively applied to heaven, or to any place of expected felicity.
1538Elyot, Sponsus..promysed. 1545Ibid., Desponsus, et desponsa, affianced or promised in mariage. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 531 Over the Promis'd Land to God so dear. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 133 The fiery Courser..Shifts Place, and paws, and hopes the promis'd Fight. 1862Bp. C. Wordsworth Hymn, ‘O day of rest and gladness’ iii, From thee, like Pisgah's mountain, We view our Promised Land. 1881M. E. Herbert Edith 140 Edith was Lord St. Aubyn's promised bride. 1920Wodehouse Jill the Reckless (1922) x. 142 The rank and file of the profession were greeted, like Moses on Pisgah, with a fleeting glimpse of the promised land, consisting of a large desk [etc.]. 1965Amer. N. & Q. Apr. 128/2 Nearly 100 songs tell about travel around the Horn and across the Plains to the promised land, life in California..and the great joy of going home. 1972D. Dakin Unification of Greece 268 Just when the promised land seemed to be within their grasp, the Greeks..suffered ignominious defeat. 1975J. Cleary Safe House vi. 250 The farmers..had headed west to the Promised Land of California. |