Plight
Plight , imperfect and past participle
Plight , imperfect and past participle
Plight , transitive verb
[Old English pliten; probably through Old French, from Late Latin plectare, Latin plectere. See Plait, Ply.]
To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. [Obsolete]
To sew and plight.
A plighted garment of divers colors.
Plight , noun
A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [Obsolete]
Many a folded plight.
Plight , noun
[Old English pliht danger, engagement, Anglo-Saxon pliht danger, from pleón to risk; akin to Dutch plicht duty, German pflicht, Danish pligt. r28. Compare 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.
2.
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
Plight , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon plihtan to expose to danger, pliht danger;compare Dutch verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty, German verpflichten, Swedish forplikta, Danish 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.
He plighted his right hand
Unto another love, and to another land.
Here my inviolable faith I plight.
2.
To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Before its setting hour, divide
The bridegroom from the plighted bride.