English-Thai Dictionary

plight

N คำมั่นสัญญา  pledge promise kam-man-san-ya

 

plight

N สภาพ เลวร้าย  สถานการณ์ เลวร้าย  difficulty predicament sa-pab-wed-lom

 

plight

VT ให้ คำมั่นสัญญา (โดยเฉพาะ เมื่อ สัญญา ว่า จะ แต่งงาน กัน  pledge promise hai-kam-san-ya

 

plight oneself

IDM สัญญา ว่า จะ แต่งงาน กับ (คำ โบรา ณ  san-ya-wa-ja-tang-nang-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLIGHT

v.t.plite. [L. plico; flecto, to bend; ligo. See Alloy and Ply. ] 1. 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, honor, etc. To 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.
2. To weave; to braid.
[This is the primary sense of the word, L. plico, but now obsolete. ]

 

PLIGHT

n.plite. Literally, a state of being involved, [L. plicatus, implicatus, implicitus;] hence, perplexity, distress, or a distressed state or condition; as a miserable plight. But the word by itself does not ordinarily imply distress. Hence, 1. 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.
2. Pledge; gage.
The Lord, whose hand must take my plight.
3. A fold [L. plica; ] a double; a plait.
All in a silken Camus, lily white,
Purfled upon with many a folded plight.
4. A garment. [Not used. ]

 

PLIGHTED

pp. pli'ted. Pledged.

 

PLIGHTER

n.pli'ter. One that pledges; that which plights.

 

PLIGHTING

ppr. pli'ting; Pledging.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLIGHT

PLIGHT Plight, obs.

 

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. Chaucer.

 

PLIGHT

PLIGHT Plight, obs.

 

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Pluck. Chaucer.

 

PLIGHT

Plight, v. t. Etym: [OE. pliten; probably through Old French, fr. LL. plectare, L. plectere. See Plait, Ply. ]

 

Defn: To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. [Obs. ] "To sew and plight. " Chaucer. A plighted garment of divers colors. Milton.

 

PLIGHT

PLIGHT Plight, n.

 

Defn: A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [Obs. ] "Many a folded plight. " Spenser.

 

PLIGHT

Plight, n. Etym: [OE. pliht danger, engagement, AS. pliht danger, fr. pleón to risk; akin to D. plicht duty, G. pflicht, Dan. pligt. sq. root28. Cf. Play. ]

 

1. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge. "That lord whose hand must take my plight. " Shak.

 

2. Etym: [Perh. the same word as plight a pledge, but at least influenced by OF. plite, pliste, ploit, ploi, a condition, state; cf. E. plight to fold, and F. pli a fold, habit, plier to fold, E. ply. ]

 

Defn: Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight. "Your plight is pitied. " Shak. To bring our craft all in another plight Chaucer.

 

PLIGHT

Plight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Plighting. ]Etym: [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht danger; cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty, G. verpflichten, Sw. förplikta, Dan. forpligte. See Plight, n.]

 

1. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods. " To do them plighte their troth. " Piers Plowman. He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to another land. Spenser. Here my inviolable faith I plight. Dryden.

 

2. To promise; to engage; to betroth. Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from the plighted bride. Sir W. Scott.

 

PLIGHTER

PLIGHTER Plight "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, plights.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

plight

plight 1 |plīt plaɪt | ▶noun a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation: we must direct our efforts toward relieving the plight of children living in poverty. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit ‘fold. ’ The -gh- spelling is by association with plight 2 .

 

plight

plight 2 |plaɪt plīt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic pledge or promise solemnly (one's faith or loyalty ). • (be plighted to ) be engaged to be married to. PHRASES plight one's troth see troth. ORIGIN Old English plihtan ‘endanger, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht ‘duty. ’ The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words.

 

Oxford Dictionary

plight

plight 1 |plʌɪt | ▶noun a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation: we must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plit ‘fold ’. The -gh- spelling is by association with plight 2 .

 

plight

plight 2 |plʌɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic pledge or solemnly promise (one's faith or loyalty ). • (be plighted to ) be engaged to be married to. PHRASES plight one's troth see troth. ORIGIN Old English plihtan ‘endanger ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch plicht and German Pflicht ‘duty ’. The current sense is recorded only from Middle English, but is probably original, in view of the related Germanic words.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

plight

plight noun he has no concern for the plight of the homeless: predicament, quandary, difficult situation, dire straits, trouble, difficulty, extremity, bind; informal dilemma, tight corner, tight spot, hole, pickle, jam, fix.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

plight

plight noun an attempt to highlight the plight of the homeless. See predicament.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

plight

plight 1 /plaɪt /名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗苦境, 悪状況, 深刻な状態 ▸ a financial plight 財政困難 .

 

plight

plight 2 動詞 他動詞 ｟古 ｠1 〖～ one's troth /promise /word /faith 〗結婚の約束をする, 婚約する ; 約束する .2 〖～ oneself /be ～ed 〗【人と 】婚約する [している ] «to » .