Plighted

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of plight form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having plights; pleated; plated; folded. obsolete

    "Clothes ſhall not bee tacked oꝛ plighted tyll the Auneger hath ſearched them."

Synonyms

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affiancedassuredbetrothedboundcommittedcontracted

Example

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""But we, thy progeny, to whom alone / thy nod hath promised a celestial throne, / our vessels lost, from Italy are barred, / o shame! and ruined for the wrath of one. / Thus, thus dost thou thy plighted word regard, / our sceptred realms restore, our piety reward?""

Etymology

From plight (“plait, fold”) + -ed.

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