āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to plight
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āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to formally and sincerely promise something
Transitive: to plight a commitment
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The knights plighted their loyalty to their king.
āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Plight
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āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻž, āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ
an unpleasant, sad, or difficult situation
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āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a solemn pledge of fidelity
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
