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promettre

/pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/

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verb/pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/

to promise; to be promising, to be hopeful; to hope (for); to resolve (to)

S'il ne dépend que de moi, je vous promets de vous y faire arriver promptement.

Inherited from Old French prometre, an early borrowing from Latin promittere, adapted to or based on French mettre.