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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plight \Plight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Plighting.] [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht
     danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty,
     G. verpflichten, Sw. f["o]rplikta, Dan. forpligte. See
     Plight, n.]
     1. 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.''
        --Piers Plowman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He plighted his right hand
              Unto another love, and to another land. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Here my inviolable faith I plight.    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Before its setting hour, divide
              The bridegroom from the plighted bride. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plight \Plight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Plighting.] [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht
     danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty,
     G. verpflichten, Sw. f["o]rplikta, Dan. forpligte. See
     Plight, n.]
     1. 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.''
        --Piers Plowman.
  
              He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to
              another land.                         --Spenser.
  
              Here my inviolable faith I plight.    --Dryden.
  
     2. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
  
              Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from
              the plighted bride.                   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plighted
     vb.
     (infl of en plight  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  plighted
     vb.
     (infl of en plight  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  plighted
     vb.
     (infl of en plight  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  plighted
     vb.
     (infl of en plight  ed-form)

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     adj. 誓约的

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