verb🔗Shareengager, promettreTo 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. "En engageant ses économies comme garantie pour le prêt commercial, John s'engageait, lui et sa famille, dans un risque financier.valuemorallawreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePromettre, fiancerSpecifically, 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. "Pendant la cérémonie de mariage, le couple promettait son amour et jurait d'être ensemble pour toujours.ritualfamilyculturetraditionreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePromettre, fiancerTo promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.""Before deploying to Iraq, the soldier was plighting his troth to his sweetheart." "Avant de partir en Irak, le soldat promettait sa fidélité à sa bien-aimée.familyritualmoralactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTresser, entrelacerTo weave; to braid; to fold; to plait."She was plighting her daughter's hair into a neat braid before school. "Elle tressait les cheveux de sa fille en une tresse soignée avant l'école.materialstyleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEngagement, promesseThe 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. "La cérémonie annuelle s'est terminée par l'engagement des nouveaux étudiants à respecter le code d'honneur de l'école.actionritualChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
