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plight

1

[ plahyt ]

noun

  1. a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one:

    to find oneself in a sorry plight.



plight

2

[ plahyt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
  2. to bind (someone) by a pledge, especially of marriage.
  3. to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor.

noun

  1. Archaic. pledge.

plight

1

/ 辫濒补瑟迟 /

noun

  1. a condition of extreme hardship, danger, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

plight

2

/ 辫濒补瑟迟 /

verb

  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. plight one's troth
    1. to make a promise of marriage
    2. to give one's solemn promise
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. archaic.
    a solemn promise, esp of engagement; pledge
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫濒颈驳丑迟别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫濒颈驳丑迟顎侥谤 noun
  • 耻苍路辫濒颈驳丑迟顎侥诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of plight1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English plit 鈥渇old, condition, bad condition,鈥 from Anglo-French (cognate with Middle French pleit plait ) 鈥渇old, manner of folding, condition鈥; spelling apparently influenced by plight 2 in obsolete sense 鈥渄anger鈥

Origin of plight2

First recorded before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English pliht 鈥渄anger, risk鈥; cognate with Dutch plicht, German Pflicht 鈥渄uty, obligation鈥; (verb) Middle English plighten, Old English plihtan (derivative of the noun) 鈥渢o endanger, risk, pledge鈥; cognate with Old High German phlichten 鈥渢o engage oneself,鈥 Middle Dutch plihten 鈥渢o guarantee鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of plight1

C14 plit, from Old French pleit fold, plait ; probably influenced by Old English pliht peril, plight

Origin of plight2

Old English pliht peril; related to Old High German, German Pflicht duty
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Mr Cox said "using the plight of people in Gaza in the way that they have done and to say that this is an attempt to shut them up on those issues is not acceptable".

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He attributed the vacillating accounts to Phillip鈥檚 plight as a witness who 鈥渟aw his mother murdered before his very eyes鈥 but still loved the killer.

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Boeing鈥檚 plight is just one aspect of a White House tariff policy that increasingly resembles, as Shakespeare might have put it, 鈥渁 tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.鈥

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She documents trees moving in South America to find survivable habitats, the plight of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino and a small experimental effort to save the dying Great Barrier Reef.

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He used his name, contacts and the ability to speak fluent English to raise the awareness of the plight of Karabakh Armenians.

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