PLEDGE (OR PLIGHT) ONE'S TROTH

Meaning of PLEDGE (OR PLIGHT) ONE'S TROTH in English

pledge ( or plight) one's troth

make a solemn pledge of commitment or loyalty, especially in marriage.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TROTH — TO PLIGHT ONE'S ~: sponder se, dar promesse de maritage
English interlingue dictionary
TROTH — I. noun see: truth Date: 12th century loyal or pledged faithfulness ; fidelity , one's pledged word , II. transitive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TROTH — I. ˈtrȯ]th, ˈtrō], ˈträ] noun ( plural troths ]ths, ]thz) Etymology: Middle English trouth, from Old English trēowth — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLIGHT — I. ˈplīt, usu -īd.+V transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English plighten, from Old English i plihtan to endanger, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLEDGE — I. ˈplej noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English plegge, from Middle French plege, from Old French, from Late Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROTH — (n.) Betrothal.
Английский словарь Webster
TROTH — (n.) Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth.
Английский словарь Webster
TROTH — (n.) Belief; faith; fidelity.
Английский словарь Webster
PLIGHT — (n.) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; …
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PLIGHT — (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
Английский словарь Webster
PLIGHT — () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
Английский словарь Webster
PLEDGE — (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to …
Английский словарь Webster
TROTH — ( n. ) Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TROTH — ( n. ) Betrothal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLIGHT — imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLIGHT — ( n. ) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLIGHT — ( n. ) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TROTH — — trothless , adj. /trawth, trohth/ , n. 1. faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty: by my troth. 2. truth or verity: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLIGHT — plight 1 /pluyt/ , n. a condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one: to find oneself in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLEDGE — — pledgeable , adj. — pledger , n. — pledgeless , adj. /plej/ , n. , v. , pledged, pledging …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROTH — I. ˈträth, ˈtrȯth, ˈtrōth, or with th noun Etymology: Middle English trouth, from Old English trēowth — more at truth …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLIGHT — I. ˈplīt transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plihtan to endanger, from pliht danger; akin to Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLEDGE — I. ˈplej noun Etymology: Middle English plegge security, from Anglo-French plege, from Late Latin plebium, from * plebere to pledge, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROTH — noun belief; faith; fidelity. 2. troth ·noun betrothal. 3. troth ·noun truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth.
Webster English vocab
PLIGHT — imp. & ·p.p. of pluck. 2. plight ·- imp. & ·p.p. of plight, to pledge. 3. plight ·noun a network; …
Webster English vocab
PLEDGE — noun to secure performance of, as by a pledge. 2. pledge ·noun a hypothecation without transfer of possession. 3. pledge …
Webster English vocab
TROTH — [troth] n [ME trouth, fr. OE treowth--more at truth] (13c) 1: loyal or pledged faithfulness: fidelity 2: one's pledged word; …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLIGHT — [plight] vt [ME, fr. OE plihtan to endanger, fr. pliht danger; akin to OE pleon to expose to danger, OHG …
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PLEDGE — [pledge] n [ME, security, fr. MF plege, fr. LL plebium, fr. (assumed) LL plebere to pledge, prob. of Gmc origin; …
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TROTH — troth BrE AmE trəʊθ trɒθ AmE \ trɔːθ trɑːθ, troʊθ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLIGHT — plight BrE AmE plaɪt ▷ plighted ˈplaɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈplaɪt̬ əd ▷ plighting ˈplaɪt ɪŋ AmE ˈplaɪt̬ ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLIGHT — / plaɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ sing. ] a difficult and sad situation : the plight …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLEDGE — / pledʒ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. pledge (to do sth) a serious promise SYN commitment : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROTH — troth /trəʊθ $ trɒːθ, trɑːθ, troʊθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: truth ] ⇨ plight your troth …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLIGHT — I. plight 1 /plaɪt/ BrE AmE noun [usually singular] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: plit , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLEDGE — I. pledge 1 /pledʒ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: plege , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROTH — n. archaic 1 faith, loyalty. 2 truth. øpledge (or plight) one's troth pledge one's word esp. in marriage or betrothal. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLIGHT — n. a condition or state, esp. an unfortunate one. [ME & AF plit = OF pleit fold: see PLAIT: -gh- …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLEDGE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solemn promise or undertaking. 2 a thing given as security for the fulfilment of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROTH — n. archaic 1 faith, loyalty. 2 truth. pledge (or plight) one's troth pledge one's word esp. in marriage or betrothal. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLIGHT — v. & n. archaic v.tr. 1 pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith, loyalty, etc.). 2 (foll. by to) engage, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLIGHT — n. a condition or state, esp. an unfortunate one. [ ME & AF plit = OF pleit fold: see PLAIT: …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLEDGE — n. & v. n. 1 a solemn promise or undertaking. 2 a thing given as security for the fulfilment of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROTH — n. archaic 1 faith, loyalty. 2 truth. Phrases and idioms: pledge (or plight) one's troth pledge one's word esp. in …
Oxford English vocab
PLIGHT — 1. n. a condition or state, esp. an unfortunate one. Etymology: ME & AF plit OF pleit fold: see PLAIT: …
Oxford English vocab
PLEDGE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solemn promise or undertaking. 2 a thing given as security for the fulfilment of …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
PLIGHT — ( plights) If you refer to someone’s plight , you mean that they are in a difficult or distressing situation …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLEDGE — ( pledges, pledging, pledged) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
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