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▪ I. unˈplight, n. Obs. or dial.
[un-1 4 b.]
Evil plight; danger, risk.
Cf. mod. Whitby dial. unplight, a state of disorder.
c1330Assump. Virg. (B.M. MS.) 194 Ȝif I any þinge haue mys wrouȝt,..I it wole amende with my myȝt, That my soule haue no vnplyȝt.
▪ II. † unˈplight, unˈplite, v. Obs.
[un-2 3: see plight v.2]
trans. To unfold; fig. to evolve.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. met. iv. (1868) 167 Yif þe þriuyng soule ne vnplitiþ no þing, þat is to sein ne doþ no þing by hys propre moeuynges. c1430Pilgr. Lyf. Manhode iii. lvi. (1869) 164 The Scripture j vndide, and vnplytede it, and redde it. 1511Guylforde's Pilgr. (Camden) 50 Ther was delyuerd to hym y⊇ booke of Isaie y⊇ prophete, and as he vnplight the booke he founde the place [etc.]. |