plight
noun
a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one.
has plighted
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present perfectof plight (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Your niece has plighted her faith to me, and I have plighted mine to her.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens
We decline to assume that all nations always are dishonorable, or that a solemn treaty obligation will not have some deterrent effect upon a nation that has plighted its faith to prevent its breach.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
"The Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald has plighted her troth to me."
From Windsor Castle by William Harrison Ainsworth
Florian: Will Ida break the vows that she has plighted?
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
George Wallace is a rich and an honest man's son; and if, as I believe, he has plighted nae troth with the follower o' vanities and double-loves, ye're no bound to reject his affections.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
