plight
/plaɪt/ verb C2- Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
- To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
He/she/it plights · Past plighted · Past participle plighted · -ing form plighting
Verb forms
- Base form
- plight
- He/she/it
- plights
- Past
- plighted
- Past participle
- plighted
- -ing form
- plighting
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Concealing his sad plight under a merry guise, the Fox indulged in a lavish praise of the water, saying it was excellent beyond measure, and encouraging him to descend.
Then said the Wolf: “May no friend of mine ever be in such a plight; for the weight of this chain is enough to spoil the appetite.”
The Winkies lifted him tenderly in their arms, and carried him back to the Yellow Castle again, Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the sad plight of her old friend, and the Lion looking sober and sorry.
Anne did not know this, but it did not take her long to realize that she was in a dangerous plight.
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