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To make mad or furious; to madden. Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. Shak.

en that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places. Chaucer. Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together. P. Plowman. The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all. T. Staveley.

Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay.

To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor. We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. The Declaration of Independence.

See Plight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.

A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.

Belief; faith; fidelity. Bid her alight And hertroth plight. Shak.

ffection; as, the marriage vow. Knights of love, who never broke their vow; Firm to their plighted faith. Dryden.

troy. Thou barren ground, whom winter's wrath hath wasted, Art made a mirror to behold my plight. Spenser. The Tiber Insults our walls, and wastes our fruitful grounds. Dryden.

as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. Campbell.