Definition of pledge

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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..

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Wed :: Wed (n.) A pledge; a pawn.
Borrow :: Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
Disgage :: Disgage (v. t.) To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage.
Dossil :: Dossil (n.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent..
Trothplighted :: Trothplighted (a.) Having fidelity pledged.
Bargain :: Bargain (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come..
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.
Pledgery :: Pledgery (n.) A pledging; suretyship.
Pawnbroker :: Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..
Vow :: Vow (n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow..
Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Given as a pledge or as security.
Lombar-house :: Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piete..
Ironclad :: Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge..
Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
Pawnor :: Pawnor (n.) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy..
Desponsory :: Desponsory (n.) A written pledge of marriage.
Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale..
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