Look up: plight

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   plight
   [n] - a solemn pledge of fidelity
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   Plight
   Plight obsolete imperfect & past participle of Plight , to pledge. Chaucer.
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   Plight
   Plight obsolete imperfect & past participle of Pluck . Chaucer.
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   Plight
   Plight transitive verb [ Middle English pliten ; probably through Old French, from Late Latin plectare , Latin plectere . See Plait , Ply .] To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. [ Obsolete] 'To sew and plight .' Chaucer. « A plighted garment of divers colors.» Milton.
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   Plight
   Plight noun A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [ Obsolete] 'Many a folded plight .' Spenser.
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   Plight
   Plight noun [ Middle English pliht danger, engagement, Anglo-Saxon pliht danger, from pleón to risk; akin to Dutch plicht duty, German pflicht , Danish pligt . √28. Confer Play .] 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 .' Sha ...
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   Plight
   Plight transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Plighted ; present participle & verbal noun Plighting .] [ Anglo-Saxon plihtan to expose to danger, pliht danger;cf. D. ver plichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty, G. ver pflichten , Swedish för plikta , Dan. for pligte . See Plight ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/108
   
   
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   plight
   noun a solemn pledge of fidelity
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   Plight
   • imp. & p. p. of Pluck. • (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight. • (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. • imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. • (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge. •...
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