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The corpus record — Latin

repromitto

repromitto · v. a

to promise in return

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

rĕ-prōmitto — 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.

In the wild

6 of 92 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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