PLIGHT
\plˈa͡ɪt], \plˈaɪt], \p_l_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of PLIGHT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
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imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
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To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
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A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
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That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
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To promise; to engage; to betroth.
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Condition; state; - risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
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A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
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That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
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To promise; to engage; to betroth.
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imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
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imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
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Condition; state; - risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A dangerous or distressed condition; predicament; pledge; promise.
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To promise earnestly; pledge, as one's faith.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald