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▪ I. promising, vbl. n.|ˈprɒmɪsɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb promise; the making of a promise or promises.
1513Douglas æneis viii. x. 38 Lo, my reward heyr, and my promissing Fulfillit justly. 1530Palsgr. 258/2 Promysing, trouthe plyghtynge, fianceilles. 1607Shakes. Timon v. i. 23 Promising, is the verie Ayre o' th' Time;..Performance, is euer the duller for his acte.
▪ II. ˈpromising, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That promises.
1. lit. That makes a promise or promises; that engages to do or give something. rare.
1720Swift Fates Clergymen Wks. 1755 II. ii. 30 He was hardly drawn to attend upon some promising lord. 1838E. Brown Serm. xi. 252 Will the promising God ever permit the name of Christ to be forgotten?
2. fig. Affording expectation of good; showing signs of future excellence or success; likely to turn out well; full of promise; hopeful. (The prevailing sense.)
1601Shakes. All's Well iii. iii. 3 We..lay our best loue and credence Vpon thy promising fortune. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 544 My Prince's condition was so promising. 1709Stanhope Paraphr. IV. 512 That so promising and plentiful a crop might not be lost. 1770Harris in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 194 He is a very promising man; and will I think do honour to his name and his country. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. v. 37 The weather was not quite clear, but it was promising. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 90 This was not a promising beginning. |