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Vinony

plight

noun

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verb

  1. to pledge as part of an act of betrothal
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /plaɪt/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English pliȝt, plight, plyt, pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (“pleat, fold”). More at plait.

  1. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

    “Many a folded plight.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English plyghten, plyȝten, pleyȝten, pleiten, pliten, from the noun (see below).

  1. To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

    “ſhe wore a plighted Garmend of divers colours,”