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Definition of Plighted
1. plight [v] - See also: plight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plighted
Literary usage of Plighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"If further press his suit — then say He should his plighted troth obey, Troth
plighted both with ring and word, And sworn on crucifix and sword. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"V.—plighted Troth; or a Woman her own Rival. ... We are not prepared to assert
that the author of plighted Troth is a stripling in respect of years; ..."
3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"plighted PROMISE IN a soft-complexioned sky. Fleeting rose and kindling gray, So
my maiden, so my plighted may Blushing cheek and gleaming eye Lifts to look ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... The neighb'ring cities range on sev'ral sides, Perfidious Mars long-plighted
leagues rides. So four fierce coursers, starting to the divides, ..."
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