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     • What does the verb plight mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb plight, three of which are labelled obsolete.
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   How many meanings does the verb plight have?

   • There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb plight, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the verb plight? How is the verb plight pronounced? Where does the verb plight come from?

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   Where does the verb plight come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb plight is in the Old English period (pre-1150). It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150). plight is formed within English, by conversion.

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   What does plight mean in English?

   • plight (plural plights) From Middle English plight (“risk, danger”), from Old English pliht (“peril, risk, danger, damage, plight”), from Proto-West Germanic *plihti (“care, responsibility, duty”). A suffixed form of the root represented by Old English pleoh (“risk, danger, hurt, peril"; also "responsibility”) and plēon (“to endanger, risk”).

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   Is plight a Middle English word?

   • The Anglo-Norman Dictionary uses pli as the headword, but the citations given show no examples. Middle English forms such as pliȝt, plyght show assimilation to plight entry 2, of which the Middle English senses "danger, harm, etc.," are not far distant; the Middle English Dictionary enters both words under a single entry plight.

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   What does the verb plight mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb plight , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   PLIGHT definition: 1. an unpleasant condition, especially a serious, sad, or difficult one: 2. to (promise to) marry…. Learn more.

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   May 23, 2024 · verb (transitive) 1. to give or pledge (one's word) he plighted his word to attempt it. 2. to promise formally or pledge ( allegiance, support, etc) to plight aid. 3. See plight one's troth.

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   Definition of plight verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun plight, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   2 days ago · plight in American English. (plait) transitive verb. 1. to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry. 2. to bind (someone) by a pledge, esp. of marriage. 3. to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor.

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   Aug 29, 2023 · plight (plural plights) (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril. (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation. (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.