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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How :: How (adv.) In what state, condition, or 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 (n.) The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing..
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (v. t.) 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..
Plight :: Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Affiance :: Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
Plight :: Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps..
Plight :: Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.
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..
Plight :: Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
Disespouse :: Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
Upplight :: Upplight () imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.
Plyght :: Plyght (v. & n.) See Plight.
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