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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Trothplight :: Trothplight (n.) The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing..
Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.
Lamplight :: Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.
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..
Trothplight :: Trothplight (a.) Betrothed; espoused; affianced.
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..
Disespouse :: Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
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.
Unplight :: Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
Conjuncture :: Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.
Droplight :: Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
Plight :: Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Upplight :: Upplight () imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..
Plight :: Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (v. t.) To betroth.
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps..
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