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   Plight

   /plīt/

   

   verb

   • 1. pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith or loyalty): archaic "men to plighted vows were faithful"
   • ▪ be engaged to be married to. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishplihtan ‘endanger’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht ‘duty’. The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • H

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   • T

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