Plight

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- imp. & ·p.p. of Pluck.

II. Plight ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Plight, to pledge.

III. Plight ·noun A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

IV. Plight ·noun Condition; state;

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

V. Plight ·noun That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

VI. Plight ·noun To Promise; to Engage; to Betroth.

VII. Plight ·vt To Weave; to Braid; to Fold; to Plait.

VIII. 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.