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Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch..

Teetotaler :: Teetotaler (n.) One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self..

Impawn :: Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.

Propine :: Propine (n.) A pledge.

Hypothecate :: Hypothecate (v. t.) To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry..

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..

Oppignerate :: Oppignerate (v. i.) To pledge; to pawn.

Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

Compromise :: Compromise (n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion..

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.

Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.

Frankpledge :: Frankpledge (n.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety..

Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast..

Ironclad :: Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge..

Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..

Faith :: Faith (n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith..

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