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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Plight

Plight, v. t.

verbtransitive

(plĭt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. PLIGHTED; p. pr. & vb. n. PLIGHTING.] [A-S. plīhtan, to expose to danger, to pledge, Sw. bepligta, to bind, forpligta, Dan. forpligte, D. verpligten, to oblige, engage, to impose a duty.] To expose to danger or risk; to pledge; to give as security for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; — never applied to property or goods.

Plight me the full assurance of your faith. Shak.

Plight, v. t.

verbtransitive

(plit), v. t. [Goth. flaihtan, O. H. Ger. flehtan, vlehtan, N. H. Ger. flechten, Lat. plectere.] To weave; to braid; to fold or intertwine. [Obs.] “Plighted clouds.” Milton.

Plight, n.

noun

(plit), n. [A-S. pliht, danger, obligation, pledge, Sw. pligt, plikt, Dan. & D. pligt, Ger. pflicht, duty, O. H. Ger. phliht, care, mandate, M. H. Ger. pfliht. See supra.]

  1. That which is exposed to risk; that which serves to plight or pledge; security; gage. “That Lord, whose hand must take my plight.” Shak.
  2. Exposed condition; risky or dangerous state. “Satan beheld their plight, / And to his mates thus in derision called.” Milton.
  3. Condition; state, without any risk or exposure implied; as, in good plight.
  4. A net-work; an entanglement; a fold; rarely, a garment. “Purled upon with many a folded plight.” Spenser.