Pledging

//ˈplɛd͡ʒɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The making of a pledge.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pledge form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"Nor less kind welcome doth the rest await. / The monarch, mindful of his sire of old, / receives the Teucrians in his courts of state. / They in the hall, the viands piled on gold, / pledging the God of wine, their brimming cups uphold."

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