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单词 plighting
释义

plight1 /plīt/

noun
  1. A difficult or dangerous situation, an alarming predicament
  2. A fold (Spenser)
  3. A plait, or mode of plaiting (archaic)
  4. Condition, trim (archaic)
  5. Good condition (archaic)
  6. Mood (archaic)
  7. Array (Spenser)
transitive verb (pap plightˈed, also (Spenser) plight) (obsolete)

To plait, weave, fold, enfold

ORIGIN: Assimilated in spelling to plight2, but derived from OFr plite, from L plicāre, plīcitum; see plait

plightˈed adjective

  1. Plaited
  2. Involved (Shakespeare)

plight2 /plīt/

transitive verb (pap plightˈed, also plight)

To pledge

noun
  1. Risk (obsolete)
  2. Pledge (archaic)
  3. Engagement (archaic)
  4. Promise (archaic)
ORIGIN: OE pliht risk; plēon to risk; cf Du plicht, Ger Pflicht an obligation

plightˈer noun

plightˈful adjective

Grievous

plight one's troth

To pledge oneself in marriage
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