PLIGHT


Meaning of PLIGHT in English

imp. & ·p.p. of pluck.

2. plight ·- imp. & ·p.p. of plight, to pledge.

3. plight ·noun a network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

4. plight ·noun condition; state;

— risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.

5. plight ·noun that which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

6. plight ·noun to promise; to engage; to betroth.

7. plight ·vt to weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

8. plight ·noun 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.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.