plighted

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adjective

Having plights; pleated; plated; folded.

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Meanings

plighted1

adjectiveplighted (comparative more plighted, superlative most plighted)

comparative more plighted · superlative most plighted

  1. obsoleteHaving plights; pleated; plated; folded.

    Clothes ſhall not bee tacked oꝛ plighted tyll the Auneger hath ſearched them.

    1588, A Collection in English, of the Statutes now in force, […] , London: […] Deputies of Chriſtopher Barker
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    They were call'd Blackfriers from their black Weed or Garmeat, which conſiſts in a white Caſſock and a Patience, over which they wear a Hood all of the ſame Colour: But when they go abroad, they put over their white Cloths a black plighted Cloak with a black Hood.

    1708, Richard Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, volume 1, London: […] Benj. Motte, page 281

plighted2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of plight

Origin

From plight (“plait, fold”) + -ed.

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APA

plighted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plighted

MLA

“plighted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plighted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plighted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plighted.

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