Definition of plight

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Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.

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Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
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.
Plight :: Plight (n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.
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..
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..
Unplight :: Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
Plighted :: Plighted (imp. & p. p.) of Pligh.
Plight :: Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
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..
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.
Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.
Affiance :: Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge..
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 (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
Disespouse :: Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
How :: How (adv.) In what state, condition, or plight..
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