Definition of plight

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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..

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Lamplight :: Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.
Conjuncture :: Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.
Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
Unplight :: Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (n.) The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing..
Plight :: Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Spill :: Spill (n.) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Plighter :: Plighter (n.) One who, or that which, plights..
Betroth :: Betroth (v. t.) To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
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..
Plighted :: Plighted (imp. & p. p.) of Pligh.
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps..
Plight :: Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.
Disespouse :: Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
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..
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