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Definition of plight verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

plight

verb

NAmE//plaɪt//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they plight

he / she / it plights

past simple plighted

-ing form plighting

Idioms

plight your troth (old use or humorous)

to make a promise to a person saying that you will marry them; to marry someone

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