Definition of plight

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Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.

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Plight :: Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Willow :: Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow..
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps..
Lamplight :: Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.
Affiance :: Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Plight :: Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight..
Plight :: Plight (n.) 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..
Trothplight :: Trothplight (v. t.) To betroth.
Unplight :: Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
Trothplighted :: Trothplighted (a.) Having fidelity pledged.
Betroth :: Betroth (v. t.) To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
Parole :: Parole (n.) Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like..
Plight :: Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
How :: How (adv.) In what state, condition, or plight..
Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.
Droplight :: Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
Espousal :: Espousal (n.) The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony..
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