Definition of "plighted" [plighted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of plight. (verb)

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• "Smitten by her disinterestedness as well as by her beauty, Lord Clavering would gladly marry her, but is bound by his word plighted to Lord Dunbar's daughter."
• "Lord Clavering would gladly marry her, but is bound by his word plighted to Lord Dunbar’s daughter."
• "Give me my horse and arms, and wait for me here; I will go in quest of this knight, and dead or alive I will make him keep his word plighted to so great beauty. ""