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▪ I. plighted, ppl. a.1|ˈplaɪtɪd|
Also 3 ypliȝt, 4 pliht, 5 plight.
[f. plight v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Of a thing: Pledged, given in pledge or assurance, solemnly promised.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 3819 Sikernesse & treuþe ypliȝt of þis voreward hii nome. 1567Turberv. Ovid's Epist. 156 b, I broken haue my plighted hest. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 688 Perfidious Mars long plighted Leagues divides. 1794Southey Wat Tyler iii. i, The King must perform His plighted promise. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. I. iv. 218 His plighted faith went for as little as the plighted faith of a deliberate perjurer.
2. Of a person: Bound by pledge; engaged.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 116, I..was his pliht prentys his profyt to loke. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1044 Þou haly bischop and preste plight. 1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies xii, Unless they were plighted lovers. a1861Mrs. Browning Parting Lovers x, Many a plighted maid and wife.
▪ II. † plighted, ppl. a.2
see under plight v.2 |