to plight one's troth
1plight one's troth — To pledge oneself in marriage • • • Main Entry: ↑plight * * * see troth …
2plight one's troth — ► pledge (or plight) one s troth make a solemn pledge of commitment or loyalty, especially in marriage. Main Entry: ↑troth …
3pledge (or plight) one's troth — make a solemn pledge of commitment or loyalty, especially in marriage. → the trots …
4plight one's troth — pledge marriage, agree to marry …
5pledge one's troth — ► pledge (or plight) one s troth make a solemn pledge of commitment or loyalty, especially in marriage. Main Entry: ↑troth …
6pledge one's troth — I see troth II pledge (or plight) one s troth make a solemn pledge of commitment or loyalty, esp. in marriage …
7troth — ► NOUN 1) archaic or formal faith or loyalty when pledged in a solemn agreement or undertaking. 2) archaic truth. ● pledge (or plight) one s troth Cf. ↑plight one s troth ORIGIN variant of TRUTH(Cf. ↑ …
8troth — [trôth, trōth, träth] Archaic n. [ME trouthe (see TRUTH), with specialized form & meaning] 1. faithfulness; loyalty 2. truth: chiefly in phrase in troth, truly; indeed 3. one s pledged word; promise: see also PLIGHT ONE S TROTH (at PLIGHT …
9plight — plight1 [plīt] n. [ME plit, state, condition < Anglo Fr for OFr pleit, a fold, way of folding, condition (see PLAIT): sense infl. by ME plight < OE pliht: see PLIGHT2] a condition or state of affairs; esp., now, an awkward, sad, or… …
10troth — late 12c., from a phonetic variant of O.E. treowð faithfulness, truth (see TRUTH (Cf. truth)). Restricted to Midlands and Northern England dialect after 16c., and to certain archaic phrases (e.g. plight one s troth). Cf. also BETROTH (Cf.… …
