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Promiscuous
a.
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Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass.
Promiscuous
a.
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Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.
Promiscuously
adv.
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In a promiscuous manner.
Promiscuousness
n.
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The quality or state of being promiscuous.
Promise
a.
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In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
Promise
a.
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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 to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made.
Promise
a.
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That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise.
Promise
a.
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Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
Promised
imp. & p. p.
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of Promise
Promising
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Promise
Promise
v. t.
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To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.
Promise
v. t.
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To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.
Promise
v. t.
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To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
Promise
v. i.
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To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
Promise
v. i.
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To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.
Promisee
n.
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The person to whom a promise is made.
Promiser
n.
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One who promises.
Promising
a.
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Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.
Promisor
n.
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One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
Promissive
a.
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Making a promise; implying a promise; promising.
Promissorily
adv.
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In a promissory manner.
Promissory
a.
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Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.
Promont
n.
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Promontory.
Promontories
pl.
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of Promontory
Promontory
n.
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A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
Promontory
n.
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A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
Promerphological
a.
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Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.
Promorphologist
n.
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One versed in the science of promorphology.
Promorphology
n.
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Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.
Promoted
imp. & p. p.
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of Promote