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our law, where an hypothecation, in the strict sense of the Roman law, exists; that is a pledge without possession by the pledgee. Story.

One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

To put in pawn; to pledge. Shak.

To pledge or pawn. [Obs.] Laing.

To stake; to wager; to pledge. [Obs.] Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards. Shak.

A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.] The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. Mickle. Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. -- Endowment insurance or assurance, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon w…

Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge. [Colloq.]

itution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piété.

A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. Lady Murray.

grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6.

State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage. Chattel mortgage. See under Chattel. -- To foreclose a mortgage. See under Foreclose. -- Mortgage deed (Law), a deed given by way of mortgage.

A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.

ld to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge. That they may not incline or be obligated to any vile or lowly occupations. Landor.

By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honor.

To pledge; to pawn. [Obs.] Bacon.

To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence. Shak. Father, thy word is passed. Milton.

delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1. As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i.e., interest]. Bacon.

One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.

One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.

One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.