verb Download 🔗Share To expose to risk; to pledge. Examples : "By plighting his savings as collateral for the business loan, John was plighting himself and his family to financial risk. " value moral law religion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony. Examples : "During the wedding ceremony, the couple was plighting their love and promising to be together forever. " ritual family culture tradition religion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something. Examples : ""Before deploying to Iraq, the soldier was plighting his troth to his sweetheart." " family ritual moral action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. Examples : "She was plighting her daughter's hair into a neat braid before school. " material style action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act by which something is plighted or pledged. Examples : "The annual ceremony ended with the plighting of new students to uphold the school's honor code. " action ritual Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading