Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plighted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plight \Plight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Plighting}.] [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht
danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty,
G. verpflichten, Sw. f["o]rplikta, Dan. forpligte. See
{Plight}, n.]
1. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some
act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to
property or goods. `` To do them plighte their troth.''
--Piers Plowman.
He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to
another land. --Spenser.
Here my inviolable faith I plight. --Dryden.
2. To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from
the plighted bride. --Sir W.
Scott.
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