PLIGHT  , an homonymous word now used chiefly with two meanings, (I) See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge, and (2) See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition or See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The first appears more generally in the verbal See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, " to plight one's troth," &c., and the second with a See also:

• DIRECT

direct or implied sense of misfortune . The derivations of the two words show they are quite distinct in origin . The O . Eng. pliht meant danger or See also:

• RISK

risk, hence risk of See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation (cf . Ger . Pflicht, Du. plicht, care, See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty) . The See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root pleh- or pleg- is probably also to be seen in the much disputed word " pledge." The M . Eng. plit or plyt, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of O . Fr. ploit, See also:

• FOLD

fold, and therefore a doublet of " See also:

• PLAIT (through O. Fr. pleit, from Lat. plicitum, folded, plicare, to fold)

plait," but appears in the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century with the neutral sense of condition or state in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general .