Definition of plight

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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..

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Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge..
Plyght :: Plyght (v. & n.) See Plight.
Disespouse :: Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
Droplight :: Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
Conjuncture :: Conjuncture (n.) A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.
Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
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..
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..
Plighter :: Plighter (n.) One who, or that which, plights..
Plight :: Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.
Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
Plight :: Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight..
Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.
Spill :: Spill (n.) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc..
Trothplighted :: Trothplighted (a.) Having fidelity pledged.
Plighted :: Plighted (imp. & p. p.) of Pligh.
Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (a.) Betrothed; espoused; affianced.
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