Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pledge is as below...

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

Compress :: Compress (n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part..

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.

Distress :: Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc..

Redeemable :: Redeemable (a.) Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable..

Bargain :: Bargain (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.

Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..

Pledgery :: Pledgery (n.) A pledging; suretyship.

Propine :: Propine (v. t.) To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup..

Sindon :: Sindon (n.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like..

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health.

Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife..

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

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

Vadimony :: Vadimony (n.) A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.

Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.

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..

Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged..

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

Random Fonts

Most Popular