the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > a person (3)
In various phrases the noun assumes the contextual sense: The condition of being pawned, mortgaged… to set, put, lay toor in wed, to betake on wed…
With adverbial phrase as complement, e.g. to wed, to pledge, in pawn: To deposit as a pledge or in pawn; hence, to mortgage (lands). Also, to lay…
(transitive) to give as a hostage.