plight
verb transitive[L. plico; flecto, to bend; ligo. See A/Ioy and Ply]
plite.
plight
To pledge; to give as security for the performance of some act; but never applied to property or goods. We say, he plighted his hand, his faith, his vows, his honor, his truth or troth. Pledge is applied to property as well as to word, faith, truth, honorTo plight faith is, as it were, to deposit it in pledge for the performance of an act, on the non-performance of which, the pledge is forfeited.
plight
[This is the primary sense of the word, L. plico, but now obsolete.]
To weave; to braid.
plight
noun[L. plicatus, implicatus, implicitus;]
Literally, a state of being involved, hence, perplexity, distress, or a distressed state or condition; as a miserable plight. But the word by itself does not ordinarily imply distress. Hence,
plight
Condition; state; and sometimes good case; as, to keep cattle in plight. In most cases, this word is now accompanied with an adjective which determines its signification; as bad plight; miserable or wretched plight; good plight.
plight
Pledge; gage. The Lord, whose hand must take my plight.
plight
[L. plica;]
A fold a double; a plait. Allin a silken Camus, lily white, Purfled upon with many a folded plight.
plight
A garment.