repromitto

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γνοίης ὅσσον ὄνων κρέσσονες ἡμίονοι → you know how much better are donkeys from mules

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rĕ-prōmitto: mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
I Lit., mercant. t. t., to promise in return, to engage or bind one's self: repromittam istoc tibi nomine solutam rem futuram, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 48; id. Curc. 5, 2, 67; Cic. Rosc. Com. 13, 39; Suet. Claud. 20; Just. 22, 2, 5.—
   B Transf., in gen., to promise in return, etc.: non mehercule, inquit, tibi repromittere istuc quidem ausim, Cic. Brut. 5, 18: ad hunc gustum totum librum repromitto. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 5; Suet. Tib. 17.— *
II To promise again or anew: imperaturum repromittens, Suet. Oth. 4.