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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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..
Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Plight :: Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (a.) Betrothed; espoused; affianced.
Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.
Spill :: Spill (n.) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc..
Plight :: Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
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..
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.
Trothplighted :: Trothplighted (a.) Having fidelity pledged.
Plighter :: Plighter (n.) One who, or that which, plights..
Disespouse :: Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
Affiance :: Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
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..
Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..
Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (v. t.) To betroth.
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