(plīt) noun
A condition, state, or case: usually distressed or complicated. [<OF ploit, var. of pleit. See PLAIT.]

(plīt) noun
Α solemn engagement; betrothal; a pledge subject to forfeiture.
—v.t.
1. To pledge (one's word, faith, etc.).
2. To promise, as in marriage; betroth: She is plighted to a judge.
—to plight one's troth
1. To pledge one's solemn word.
2. To promise oneself in marriage. [OE pliht peril]
—plight′er noun