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===verb transitive or absolute===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπισχνεῖσθαι]], [[ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι]], [[ἐπινεύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπίσχεσθαι]], [[συναινεῖν]] (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[αἰνεῖν]], [[καταινεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] [[κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι]].

Absol., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑφίστασθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποδέχεσθαι]], [[ἀναδέχεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι]].

[[pledge oneself]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐγγυᾶσθαι]].

[[promise to be]], [[be likely to be]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέλλειν]]; (infin.).

[[promise well]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὖ προχωρεῖν]].

===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπόσχεσις]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπάγγελμα]], τό.

[[assurance]], [[pledge]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πίστις]], ἡ, [[πιστόν]], τό; see [[pledge]].

[[hope]], [[expectation]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλπίς]], ἡ.
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