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


  Plight \Plight\, n.
     A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [Obs.] ``Many a
     folded plight.'' --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plight \Plight\, n. [OE. pliht danger, engagement, AS. pliht
     danger, fr. ple['o]n to risk; akin to D. plicht duty, G.
     pflicht, Dan. pligt. [root]28. Cf. Play.]
     1. 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.'' --Shak.
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     2. [Perh. the same word as plight a pledge, but at least
        influenced by OF. plite, pliste, ploit, ploi, a condition,
        state; cf. E. plight to fold, and F. pli a fold, habit,
        plier to fold, E. ply.] Condition; state; -- risk, or
        exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless
        plight. ``Your plight is pitied.'' --Shak.
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              To bring our craft all in another plight --Chaucer.
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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.
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              He plighted his right hand
              Unto another love, and to another land. --Spenser.
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              Here my inviolable faith I plight.    --Dryden.
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     2. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
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              Before its setting hour, divide
              The bridegroom from the plighted bride. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plight \Plight\, obs.
     imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plight \Plight\, obs.
     imp. & p. p. of Pluck. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plight \Plight\, v. t. [OE. pliten; probably through Old French,
     fr. LL. plectare, L. plectere. See Plait, Ply.]
     To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.[Obs.] ``To sew and
     plight.'' --Chaucer.
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           A plighted garment of divers colors.     --Milton.
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