plight
noun
a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one.
will plight
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future tenseof plight.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And I too, royal sir," cried old Sir Philip Beauchamp; "I will plight land and liberty, life and honour, that he is as true as my good sword.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
I thought, ere my summers had turned sixteen, That mine was a grievous case; Save once, for an hour, I had never seen My intended bridegroom's face; And maidens vows of their own will plight.
From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
Lord Sedley!"—"I will be known to you," said he, "by no other name than that by which I will plight my troth, Arthur de Vallance.—What has my Isabel to say to me in that character?
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by Jane West
And if thy lord Arthur shall give me unto thee, I will plight thee my love and loving service till I die.'
From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Henry Gilbert
No priest will bless our union, Nisida; but we will plight our vows—and God will accord us his blessing.”
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
