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noun

Plight n. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. (Obs.) "Many a folded plight."

Plight n.

That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge. "That lord whose hand must take my plight."

Condition; state; risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight. "Your plight is pitied." "To bring our craft all in another plight"

verb

Plight v. t. To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.(Obs.) "To sew and plight." "A plighted garment of divers colors."

Plight v. t. (past & past part. plighted; pres. part. plighting)

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. " To do them plighte their troth." "He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to another land." "Here my inviolable faith I plight."

To promise; to engage; to betroth. "Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from the plighted bride."

Plight v. obs. Imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

Plight v. obs. Imp. & p. p. of Pluck.

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Etymology of 'Plight'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plight" Quotes from Famous Books

... and slay Norouas, who had spoiled his flax. So hasty had he been in setting forth that he had taken no food or money with him, and when evening came he arrived at an inn hungry and penniless. He explained his plight to the hostess, who gave him a morsel of bread and permitted him to sleep in a corner of the stable. In the morning he asked the dame the way to the abode of Norouas, and she conducted him to the foot of a mountain, where she said ...

— Legends & Romances of Brittany • Lewis Spence

... unsettled. "You are very lucky," replied the King, "that Europe is governed by such princes as you wot of. The King of Spain thinks of nothing but tranquillity. The Archdukes will never move except on compulsion. The Emperor, whom every one is so much afraid of in this matter, is in such plight that one of these days, and before long, he will be stripped of all his possessions. I have news that the Bohemians are ready ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... out, 'Come on board and save the vessel! My crew are all gone!' And indeed she was in a sore plight. ...

— Heroes of the Goodwin Sands • Thomas Stanley Treanor

... birch tree, lovers met to plight their vows, and on its smooth bark was often cut the figure of two hearts joined in one. In summer, the forest furnished shade, and in winter warmth from the fire. In the spring time, the new leaves were a wonder, and in autumn the pigs ...

— Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks • William Elliot Griffis

... she said to-day, until the Lady Barbara is recovered, until Lord Farquhart is free. It will be all that I can do to gain access to her to make my demand for the Lady Barbara's clothes. And she is—she says that she is sick of the whole world. Her cousin's plight, Lord Farquhart's danger, have sickened her of the whole world. It's for her sake that I would free Lord Farquhart. Until Lord Farquhart is released, Judith Ogilvie's mind cannot rest for a single second. So for her sake you must work ...

— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various

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