transitive. With certain nouns: To promise or undertake on oath to observe or perform (something). conditions, an agreement.

transitive. To confirm or validate (an agreement, one's faith, etc.); to pledge or promise solemnly. Compare fasten, v. 1a. Obsolete.

transitive. To pledge or bind oneself to do or give (something); to promise. Obsolete.

To hand over as a pledge. Also figurative (often with mixed notion of branch VI), to pledge (one's word, honour, etc.). †to give a giveor gift (that)…

To give a formal promise or pledge that; to take upon oneself to promise or affirm; to venture to assert.

figurative. To plight (one's troth). Obsolete. Cf. strike, v. 69.

To guarantee as true, make oneself answerable for (a statement). To undertake, pledge oneself to do something. Also with neuter pronoun as object. Obs…

figurative. To attach, plight (faith). Obsolete.

transitive. To guarantee, give a solemn assurance of; (also) to promise, or undertake to give.

transitive. With direct and indirect object. To promise (something) solemnly to (a person). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To give in pledge (one's word, a promise, oath, etc.) (now rare); †to pledge (one's honour, etc.) (obsolete).

transferred. To pledge, engage.

(with infinitive) in Law. To undertake, give an undertaking.

figurative. To pledge, plight (faith, etc.).

To give a pledge for; to undertake to make. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To promise or pledge.

with infinitive or object clause: To engage to do something; to warrant or ensure that something will happen or has happened.

To give or pledge (one's word of honour) for something.