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pledge
English
Etymology
From Middle English plege, from Anglo-Norman plege, from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) from Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from plebi? (“I pledge”), from Frankish *plehan (“to pledge; to support; to guarantee”). Akin to Old High German pflegan (“to take care of, be accustomed to”), Old Saxon plegan (“to vouch for”), Old English pl?on (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Verb
pledge (third-person singular simple present pledges, present participle pledging, simple past and past participle pledged)
- To make a solemn promise (to do something).
- To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
- (transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.]
- 1852, Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult
- Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee,
- And pledge me in it first for courtesy.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
Translations
Noun
pledge (plural pledges)
- A solemn promise to do something.
- Synonym: commitment
- (with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
- (law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
- The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is payed.
- Synonym: collateral
- The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is payed.
- A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
- A drinking toast.
Derived terms
- antipledge, antipledging
- pledgeless
Translations
See also
- oath
- vow
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plighter
English
Etymology
From plight +? -er.
Noun
plighter (plural plighters)
- One who or that which plights, engages, or pledges.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene 13,[1]
- My playfellow, your hand; this kingly seal
- And plighter of high hearts!
- 1963, P. G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, New York: Perennial Library, 1983, Chapter 16, p. 124,[2]
- I mean to say, remorse has frequently been known to set in after a dust-up between a couple of troth-plighters, with all that Sorry-I-was-cross and Can-you-ever-forgive-me stuff, and love, after being down in the cellar for a time with no takers, perks up and carries on again as good as new.
- 1978, James Coltrane, Talon, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, Chapter 11, p. 48,[3]
- He hung up. And felt stupid. The most beautiful woman in the whole world had practically plighted her troth to him. And she didn’t seem like your run-of-the-mill plighter.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene 13,[1]
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