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(1):

imp. & p. p. of Pluck.

(2):

(v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

(3):

(n.) Condition; state; - risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.

(4):

(n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

(5):

(n.) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; - never applied to property or goods.

(6):

(n.) To promise; to engage; to betroth.

(7):

(n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

(8):

imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.