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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
committed \committed\ adjective
1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of {uncommitted}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {bound up, involved, wrapped up}; {dedicated, devoted}; {pledged, sworn}] [WordNet 1.5]
2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also called {attached}. Opposite of {unattached}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {affianced}, {bespoken}, {betrothed}, {engaged}, {pledged}, {promised}(predicate); {married}] [Also See: {loving}.]
Syn: attached. [WordNet 1.5]
3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or mental institution. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Promise \Prom"ise\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Promised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Promising}.]
1. To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money. ''To promise aid.'' --Shak.
2. To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain. --Milton.
3. To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
{Promised land}. See {Land of promise}, under {Land}.
{To promise one's self}. (a) To resolve; to determine; to vow. (b) To be assured; to have strong confidence.
I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced. --Rambler.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
promised
adjective: assured by (usually) spoken agreement; "the promised toy"; "the promised land"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "promised": affianced, agreed, anticipated, arranged, assured, augured, awaited, betrothed, bound, committed, compacted, compromised, contracted, covenanted, due, engaged, expected, foreseen, foreshadowed, foreshown, foretokened, guaranteed, hoped-for, imminent, in prospect, in view, indicated, intended, long-expected, obligated, on the horizon, overdue, pledged, plighted, predicted, prefigured, preindicated, presaged, presignified, presumed, pretypified, probable, prognosticated, prospective, sealed, settled, signed, signified, stipulated, sworn, threatened, undertaken, underwritten, warranted
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