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PLIGHT , an homonymous word now used chiefly with two meanings, (I) See also: pledge, and (2) condition or See also: state
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The first appears more generally in the verbal See also: form, " to plight one's troth," &c., and the second with a See also: direct or implied sense of misfortune
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The derivations of the two words show they are quite distinct in origin
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The O
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Eng. pliht meant danger or See also: risk, hence risk of See also: obligation (cf
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Ger
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Pflicht, Du. plicht, care, duty)
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The See also: root pleh- or pleg- is probably also to be seen in the much disputed word " pledge." The M
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Eng. plit or plyt, on the other See also: hand, is an adaptation of O
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Fr. ploit, See also: fold, and therefore a doublet of " plait," but appears in the 14th century with the neutral sense of condition or state in general
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