单词 | repromise |
释义 | repromisen. rare. A renewed or further promise. In quot. c1475 used as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > covenant > [noun] > counter-covenant repromissionc1384 repromisec1475 c1475 Life St. Anne (Trin. Cambr.) (1928) 431 (MED) To these two cryst made repromyse..to Abraham..And also to dauid. 1752 W. Hodges Christian Plan 7 (note) This repromise supposes plainly that there was one prior to any that is mentioned by the prophets. 1829 N. Dane Gen. Abridgm. & Digest Amer. Law IX. xxxv. 115 His repromise is valid. 1997 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 4 Feb. 7 b Only days after the promises and repromises, the number of PLO policemen in Hebron vastly ‘exceeded the 400 who were to be positioned under the terms of the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). repromisev.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > in return repromise?1495 restipulate1633 repromitc1650 ?1495 R. Fitzjames Sermo die Lune in Ebdomada Pasche sig. aivv Ye lond to Abraham Ysaac & Iacob repromysid. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxxi The..crowne of lyfe, whiche god hath repromysed to all them that loueth hym. a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 917 How shall that Hap appeer, Which you yer-while did so re-promise, heer? 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 219 Whereby God promiseth his grace, and loue vnto men, and men repromise constant obedience due to him. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 717 The things about which that..Counsel of God is conversant be not capable of re-promising any thing, and have onely an Obediental Capacity in them. 2. transitive. To promise again. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > in return or anew restipulate1610 replight1620 repromise1645 1645 J. Grant Shepheards Farewell 10 Christ, before he was exhibited to the World in the flesh, was once promised, and often re-promised. 1658 T. Pierce ᾽Εαυτοντιμωρούμενος: Self-revenger iii. 94 The truly-pious Emperour was farther instant with the Pope, for the making good what he had promis'd; which the Pope at that instance did again re-promise, however the Colledge of Cardinals prevailed with him to break his word. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile III. vi. xi. 570 All this was promised, repromised, and repeatedly sworn to. 1846 Horticulturist Dec. 275/1 He, from time to time, repromised to give the result to the public, which, thus far, we believe he has forgotten to do. 1910 C. H. Ambler Sectionalism in Virginia 1776–1861 v. 157 Internal improvement schemes..had been..promised and re-promised almost annually by the Assembly. 2005 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 4 May a10 If the Liberals are re-elected, they can repromise all these goodies. Derivatives reˈpromised adj. ΚΠ 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 496 The extending of the bounds of this re-promised land towards the North. 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. vii. 1672 These promised Blessings and Repromised Duties, of the New Covenant. 1888 S. Lane-Poole Life Stratford Canning I. iii. 96 The promised and refused and repromised firman however is concealed from the interpreter. 1994 S. R. Eastaugh Facing Tough Choices i. 12 A deal of $2 of taxation for every $1 of repromised (but never delivered) spending cuts in the 1997 budget deal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475v.?1495 |
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