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Plight
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 6
Part of speech: noun (n.)
imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 6
Part of speech: noun (n.)
imp. & p. p. of Pluck. Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 6
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [Obs.] "Many a folded plight." Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 6
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge. "That lord whose hand must take my plight." Shak.
2. Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight. "Your plight is pitied." Shak. To bring our craft all in another plight Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 6
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.[Obs.] "To sew and plight." Chaucer. A plighted garment of divers colors. Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 6 of 6
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods. " To do them plighte their troth." Piers Plowman. He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to another land. Spenser. Here my inviolable faith I plight. Dryden.
2. To promise; to engage; to betroth. Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from the plighted bride. Sir W. Scott.