covenanted
SayKUV-uh-nuhnt-id/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt.ɪd/
- 1Past tense and past participle of covenant. Use it for an agreement that was made in the past.
The two villages covenanted to share the water from the river.
The buyers covenanted that they would never build a second house on the land.
Note
- 2Having to keep the terms of a formal agreement that binds you.
The covenanted workers had promised to stay with the company for five years.
Every covenanted member of the group signed the paper again each year.
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covenanted is a form of covenant
covenant, verb: To make a serious, binding agreement with someone, or to promise something in one. Full entry
- Forms
- covenantcovenants he/she/itcovenanting -ing formcovenanted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- covenant → covenanted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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