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Entry 8 senses · 6 variants Webster, 1913

Plight

/plīt/ · IPA /plaɪt/
01 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
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    imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.obs. See: Plight
02 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
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    imp. & p. p. of Pluck.obs. See: Pluck
03 v. t. To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
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    To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.[Obs.]
    “A plighted garment of divers colors.” — Milton.
04 n. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
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    A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.[Obs.]
05 n. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
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    That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
  2. 2.
    Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
    “To bring our craft all in another plight” — Chaucer.
06 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Plighting
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    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.
    “He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to another land.” — Spenser.
    “Here my inviolable faith I plight.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    To promise; to engage; to betroth.
    “Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from the plighted bride.” — Sir W. Scott.