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Latin
Etymology
From por- + liceor.
Pronunciation
Verb
polliceor (present infinitive pollicērī, perfect active pollicitus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- to promise, guarantee
- Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, stipulor, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, pangō
- to bid, offer, present, hold forth
- Synonyms: offerō, expōnō, praebeō, obiciō, porrigō, afferō, prōpōnō, sufferō, prōferō, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō
Conjugation
References
- “polliceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “polliceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- polliceor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.