Plight

imp. & p.	1.	imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
	1.	imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
v. t.	1.	To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. A plighted garment of divers colors. - Milton.
n.	1.	A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
	1.	That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
	2.	Condition; state; - risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight. To bring our craft all in another plight - Chaucer.
v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Plighting.] 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.

Noun	1.	plight - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" Synonyms: predicament, quandary
	2.	plight - a solemn pledge of fidelity Synonyms: troth
Verb	1.	plight - give to in marriage Synonyms: affiance, betroth, engage
	2.	plight - promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that will honor my wife" Synonyms: pledge

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