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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_648.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_648.jpg}}]]'''v. trans. or''' '''absol.'''
P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, ἐπινεύειν, V. ὑπίσχεσθαι, συναινεῖν (also Xen.), αἰνεῖν, καταινεῖν, P. κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι.
Absol., P. and V. ὑφίστασθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, ἀναδέχεσθαι, V. ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι.
<b class="b2">Pledge oneself</b>: Ar. and P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι.
<b class="b2">Promise to be, be likely to be</b>: P. and V. μέλλειν (infin.).
<b class="b2">Promise well</b>: P. and V. [[εὖ]] προχωρεῖν.
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P. and V. [[ὑπόσχεσις]], ἡ, P. [[ἐπάγγελμα]], τό.
<b class="b2">Assurance, pledge</b>: P. and V. [[πίστις]], ἡ, [[πιστόν]], τό; see [[pledge]].
<b class="b2">Hope, expectation</b>: P. and V. [[ἐλπίς]], ἡ.
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