Word Meanings - BENAME - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To promise; to name.
Related words: (words related to BENAME)
- PROMISER
One who promises. - PROMISE
An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard - PROMISEE
The person to whom a promise is made. - COMPROMISE
promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both - UNPROMISE
To revoke or annul, as a promise. Chapman. - FOREPROMISED
Promised beforehand; preëngaged. Bp. Hall. - COMPROMISER
One who compromises.