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plight

2  [plahyt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
2. to bind (someone) by a pledge, esp. of marriage.
3. to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor.
–noun
4. Archaic. pledge.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE pliht danger, risk; c. D plicht, G Pflicht duty, obligation; (v.) ME plighten, OE plihtan (deriv. of the n.) to endanger, risk, pledge; c. OHG phlichten to engage oneself, MD plihten to guarantee

Related forms:
plighter, noun
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plight 2   (plīt)   
tr.v.   plight·ed, plight·ing, plights

  1. To promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth.

  2. To give or pledge (one's word or oath, for example).

n.  A solemn pledge, as of faith.

[Middle English plighten, from Old English plihtan, to endanger, put at risk, from pliht, danger, risk; see dlegh- in Indo-European roots.]
plight'er n.
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Word Origin & History

plight  (v.)
"pledge," obsolete except in archaic plight one's troth, from O.E. pligtan "endanger," verb form of pliht "danger, risk," from P.Gmc. *pleg- (cf. O.E. pleon "to risk the loss of, expose to danger," O.Fris., M.Du. plicht "care, carefulness," O.H.G. pfliht, Ger. pflicht "obligation, duty," M.Du. plien "to answer for, guarantee").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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