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troth-plight — … Useful english dictionary
plight your troth — plight/pledge/your troth phrase an old phrase meaning ‘to promise to get married to someone’ Thesaurus: engagements and weddingshyponym to get, or to be marriedsynonym Main entry: troth * * * … Useful english dictionary
troth — noun old use 1 by my troth used when expressing an opinion strongly 2 in troth truly; indeed see also: plight your troth plight 2 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
plight one's troth — To pledge oneself in marriage • • • Main Entry: ↑plight * * * see troth … Useful english dictionary
troth — ► 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. ↑ … English terms dictionary
troth — [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 … English World dictionary
Troth — Troth, n. [A variant of truth. See {Truth}.] 1. Belief; faith; fidelity. [1913 Webster] Bid her alight And hertroth plight. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. Shak. [1913 Webster] In troth, thou art able to instruct … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plight — Plight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plighting}.] [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty, G. verpflichten, Sw. f[ o]rplikta, Dan. forpligte. See {Plight}, n.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
troth — [trəuθ US tro:θ, tra:θ, trouθ] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: truth] →plight your troth at ↑plight2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
troth — [ trouθ ] noun plight/pledge your troth an old phrase meaning to promise to get married to someone … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
