verb🔗ShareTo expose to risk; to pledge."By plighting his savings as collateral for the business loan, John was plighting himself and his family to financial risk. "valuemorallawreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSpecifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony."During the wedding ceremony, the couple was plighting their love and promising to be together forever. "ritualfamilyculturetraditionreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.""Before deploying to Iraq, the soldier was plighting his troth to his sweetheart." "familyritualmoralactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo weave; to braid; to fold; to plait."She was plighting her daughter's hair into a neat braid before school. "materialstyleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which something is plighted or pledged."The annual ceremony ended with the plighting of new students to uphold the school's honor code. "actionritualChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading