Sekirov Dictionary

promissive

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

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Making or implying a promise; promising.
- The group of substnces which binds and effects the physiology of the biomembrane is promissive in relation with its effect against cancer, on immune system, cell differentiation and aging. — 1977
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Implying that the speaker intends to do something or guarantees something.
- Changing the expression—shall is predictive, and will is promissive in the first person only; whereas, in the second and third, will is predictive, and shall promissive. — 1862

noun1

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A promissive mood, phrase, word, or inflection.
- The answer to the first question is negative: yídìng cannot express strong epistemic necessity in an imprative or a promissive. — 2018

forms

promissives · more promissive · most promissive

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