Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROM'IS-ING
PROM'IS-ING, ppr.
- Engaging by words or writing; stipulating; assuring.
- Affording just expectations of good or reasonable ground of hope; as, a promising youth; a promising prospect. [In this sense the word may be a participle or an adjective.]
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