Meaning & use
Covenanted
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Bound by or agreed to under a formal, often solemn, contract or agreement.
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The covenanted terms of the lease prevented either party from subletting the property.
Covenanted employees in the colonial civil service received fixed pensions after retirement.
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Also the past tense of the verb 'covenant,' meaning to promise formally; historically used for civil servants employed under a binding contract, as in the 'Covenanted Civil Service' of British India.
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2. verb
To promise or agree formally, especially by entering into a covenant.
The two nations covenanted to respect each other's borders.
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