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plight

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  1. 1) plight (verb)
  2. 2) plight (noun)
  3. 3) plight (noun)

1plight

verb \ˈplīt\

Definition of PLIGHT

transitive verb
: to put or give in pledge : engage <plight his troth>
— plight·er noun
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Origin of PLIGHT

Middle English, from Old English plihtan to endanger, from pliht danger; akin to Old English plēon to expose to danger, Old High German pflegan to take care of
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with PLIGHT

bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, dite, fight, flight, fright, height, hight, kite, knight, krait, kyte, light, lite, might, mite, night, quite, right, rite, sight, site, sleight, slight, smite, spite, sprite, tight, trite, white, wight, wite, wright, write

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