Pledge: alternatives and connections

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

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To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of…

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The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedic…

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To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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a woman's virtue or chastity

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To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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To attach, as by a bond.

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In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

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To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

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A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

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To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of pos…

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To call; to summon.

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A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, f…

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In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

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See Pan, the masticatory.

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

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Belief; faith; fidelity.

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A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, f…

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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…

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The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.

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A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by t…

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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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One who pledges.

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One who pledges.

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The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; als…

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The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; als…

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To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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

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To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

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An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

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