promiser
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- noun
- /ˈprɒmɪzər/
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promitente
- John Searle argued in a famous paper that Austin's account of "I promise" had in effect located the site of a long-sought philosophical transubstantiation: the movement from an "is" to an "ought." By simply saying something, the ordinary human promiser jumps that famous gap.
Examples
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As a reliable promiser, she always delivers on her commitments.
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I was the quintessential "over-promiser/under-deliverer" to myself and everyone else.
Blog text (30) -
Should an oath not be kept, a deity was encouraged in the oath's very formula to take vengeance upon the wayward promiser.
Academic text (1999) -
Instead, we become promisers, savoring will's obstruction, so that between the original 'I will, I shall do this,' and the actual discharge of the will, its act, a world of strange new things, circumstances, and even acts of the will may be interposed without breaking this long chain of will.
Academic text (1999) -
The promiser pledged to help his friend with the project next weekend.
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The promiser reassured the team that they would finish the task on time.
Synonyms
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8.9
A person who promises to pay money to free someone on bail
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6.5
A person or company who promises to pay a debt if someone else cannot
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6.5
A person who promises to give money or support a cause
A person who says they will do something, often legally bound by a contract
A person who makes a serious promise to act or live in a certain way
A person or company who promises that a product is good and will fix problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word promiser comes from promise, which itself comes from Latin parts pro- ('forward') and mittere ('to send'), and the ending -er means 'one who'. So a promiser is someone who 'sends forward' their word, in other words a person who makes a promise or promises to do something.