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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

... "Coldstream Guards" but a kettle-drummer of uncertain nationality, and a man carrying a red and green flag, which he might very possibly have captured from some Sunday-school treat. The opposite side were in no better plight: men were lying crushed under the ruins of the works which they had so gallantly defended; and hardly enough artillerymen were left to have pulled back, with their united efforts, the spring of one of the pea cannons. The leaders ...

— Soldiers of the Queen • Harold Avery

... Bear was in a sad fix. And for my part, when I first heard of his plight I did not see how he was ever going to ...

— The Tale of Cuffy Bear • Arthur Scott Bailey

... in weary plight, Through heavy jungle-mire, These two came later every night To warm them at the fire, Until the Captain said one day: 'O seaman good and kind, To save thyself now come away And leave ...

— A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land • William R. Hughes

... storm being violent and many of our own ships in most perilous situations, I found it necessary to order the captures,—all without masts, some without rudders & many half full of water—to be destroyed, except such as were in better plight, for my object was their ruin & not what might be made of them. As this filled our ships with prisoners and the wounded in a miserable condition, I sent a flag to the Marquis of Solana [6] to offer him his wounded men, which was received with every demonstration of joy and gratitude, & two ...

— The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I. • A. M. W. Stirling (compiler)

... your teacher any credit in trotting, and you will sometimes find yourself compelled to give your escort the appearance of being discourteous by drawing rein suddenly, leaving him, unwarned, to trot on, apparently disregarding your plight. Both your horse and his will resent your action, and unless he resemble both Moses and Job more strongly than most Americans, he will have a few words to say in regard to it, after you have repeated it once ...

— In the Riding-School; Chats With Esmeralda • Theo. Stephenson Browne

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