covenant
noun
an agreement or promise, usually formal, between two or more people or groups to do or not do something specified.
have covenanted
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present perfectof covenant.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Certes, sir," saith he, "So worshipful man seem you to be, that you will hold well to this that you have covenanted with me."
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
Two days ago war seemed very far away—so far, that I have covenanted with myself to learn the alphabet of music.
From The Insurrection in Dublin by James Stephens
Bear Thou witness that, through this Book, I have covenanted with all created things concerning the mission of Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest, ere the covenant concerning My own mission had been established.
From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi
Bear Thou witness that, through this Book, I have covenanted with all created things concerning the Mission of Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest, ere the covenant concerning Mine own Mission had been established.
From Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh
We have tamely submitted to seeing the weak, whom we have covenanted to protect, wronged.
From Theodore Roosevelt and His Times by Harold Howland
