Definition of plight

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Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight..

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Conjuncture :: Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.
Plight :: Plight (n.) 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..
Willow :: Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow..
Betroth :: Betroth (v. t.) To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
Upplight :: Upplight () imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
Plight :: Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
How :: How (adv.) In what state, condition, or plight..
Espousal :: Espousal (n.) The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..
Plight :: Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight..
Plyght :: Plyght (v. & n.) See Plight.
Plighter :: Plighter (n.) One who, or that which, plights..
Unplight :: Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (v. t.) To betroth.
Droplight :: Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
Spill :: Spill (n.) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc..
Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge..
Affiance :: Affiance (n.) Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
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