prepromise

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ promise

Adjective

prepromise (not comparable)

1. Before a promise is made.
   • 1996, David McLain Carr, Reading the Fractures of Genesis, page 226:

     Nevertheless, these texts are found in the prepromise layers of the Jacob and Joseph materials, and they anticipate elements in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

   • 2020, Laura W. Perna, Edward J. Smith, Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs, page 160:

     […] including only panel data for prepromise years, and assign a synthetic treatment to years in which the policy was not present.