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                    "description": "dē-spondĕo, spondi, sponsum, 2 (\n* Perf. despopondisse, Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 2; plqpf. despoponderas, id. Truc. 4, 3, 51; with despondi,id. Aul. 2, 3, 4: despondisse,id. Trin. 5, 2, 9 et saep.), v. a., to promise to give, to promise, pledge.\n* Lit.\n* In gen. (rarely): librum alicui,Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3: Syriam homini,id. ib. 1, 16, 8: domum, hortos, Baias sibi,id. ib. 11, 6, 6: imperium Orientis Romanis,Liv. 26, 37: consulatum,id. 4, 13: Tarpeias arces sibi (sc.  diripiendas, with promittere), Luc. 7, 758.— Far more freq. and class.\n* Trop.\n* Transf., facete: bibliothecam tuam cave cuiquam despondeas, quamvis acrem amatorem inveneris,Cic. Att. 1, 10, 4.\n* To promise, give up, devote to: spes reipublicae despondetur anno consulatus tui,Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2: perjuria meritis poenis,Val. Fl. 7, 509.\n* With predom. idea of removing, putting away from one's self, to give up, yield, resign. So esp. freq. in Plaut.: animum, to lose courage, to despair, despond: ne lamentetur neve animum despondeat,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 6; 4, 2, 63; id. Merc. 3, 4, 29; id. Men. prol. 35; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 6; in the same sense, animos,Liv. 3, 38; 26, 7; 31, 22; and simply, despondere,Col. 8, 10, 1: sapientiam,to despair of acquiring wisdom,Col. 11, 1, 11; cf.: nempe quas spopondi? St. Immo, quas despondi, inquito, have got rid of by promising, i. e. by being security for others, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 25 Ritschl (Fleck. dependi)."
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