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1. 약속하다, 맹세하다, 계약하다
2. 보증을 서다, 담보를 내주다
3. 약혼하다

1. I promise, bind or pledge myself, contract, vow.
2. I promise for another; I become security for a person, enter bail.
3. I promise or engage in marriage, betroth.

예문

• Voca ergo, si est qui tibi re spondeat! Ad quem sanctorum converteris? (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Iob, 5 5:1)

  자, 불러 보게나. 자네에게 대답할 이 누가 있는지? 거룩한 이들 가운데 누구에게 하소연하려나? (불가타 성경, 욥기, 5장 5:1)

• Non mihi nunc per virtutum prata ducendus es nec laborandum ut ostendam tibi variorum pulchri- tudinem Horum, quid in se lilia habeant puritatis, quid rosarum verecundia possideat, quid violae purpura promittat in regno, quid rutilantium spondeat pictura gemmarum. (Jerome, Saint, Epistulae. Selections., Ad Rusticum Monachum 2:1)

  (히에로니무스, 편지들, 2:1)

• "Magnanime Aenea, non, si mihi Iuppiter auctor spondeat, hoc sperem Italiam contingere caelo. (P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid, Book 5 1:10)

  (푸블리우스 베르길리우스 마로, 아이네아스, Book 5권 1:10)

• quis est qui spondeat eundem, si differtur bellum, animum postea fore, cum si laxamentum dederis, maior frequentiorque legatio itura sit, cum id quod nunc offendit Etruscos, rex creatus Veiis, mutari spatio interposito possit vel consensu civitatis, ut eo reconcilient Etruriae animos, vel ipsius voluntate regis, qui obstare regnum suum saluti civium nolit? (Titus Livius (Livy), Ab Urbe Condita, Liber V 55:3)

  (티투스 리비우스, 로마 건국사, 55:3)

• Itaque si quis majora credat aut spondeat, id putant esse cujusdam impotentis et immaturi animi; (FRANCIS BACON, NOVUM ORGANUM, Liber Primus 222:1)

  (, , 222:1)

유의어 사전

Polliceri (from pro and loqui, λακεῖν) means to promise, generally from a free impulse, and as an act of obliging courtesy, like ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι; promittere, to promise, generally, at the request of another, as an act of agreement, and in reference to the fulfilment of the promise, like ὑπισχνεῖσθαι; spondere and despondere (μετὰ σπονδῶν) to promise in a solemn manner, as the consequence of a stipulation with judicially binding strength, as to pledge one’s self, ἐγγυᾶν; recipere, to take upon one’s self, and pass one’s word of honor, as an act of generosity, inasmuch as one sets at ease the mind of a person in trouble, like ἀναδέχεσθαι. The pollicens makes agreeable offers, the promittens opens secure prospects; the spondens gives legal security; the recipiens removes anxiety from another. Cic. Att. xiii. 1. Quoniam de æstate polliceris vel potius recipis; for the pollicens only engages his good-will, the recipiens undertakes to answer for consequences. Sen. Ep. 19; Jam non promittunt de te, sed spondent. Cic. Fam. vii. 5. Neque minus ei prolixe de tua voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de mea polliceri; for with regard to Trebatius, Cicero could only express his hope, with regard to himself he could actually promise. (iv. 109.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein