Synonyms for pledged

Grammar : Adj

Spell : plej

Phonetic Transcription : plɛdʒ

Définition of pledged

Origin : mid-14c., "surety, bail," from Old French plege (Modern French pleige) "hostage, security, bail," probably from Frankish *plegan "to guarantee," from *pleg-, a West Germanic root meaning "have responsibility for" (cf. Old Saxon plegan "vouch for," Middle Dutch plien "to answer for, guarantee," Old High German pflegan "to care for, be accustomed to," Old English pleon "to risk the loss of, expose to danger;" see plight (v.)).
Meaning "allegiance vow attested by drinking with another" is from 1630s. Sense of "solemn promise" first recorded 1814, though this notion is from 16c. in the verb. Weekley notes the "curious contradiction" in pledge (v.) "to toast with a drink" (1540s) and pledge (n.) "the vow to abstain from drinking" (1833). Meaning "student who has agreed to join a fraternity or sorority" dates from 1901.

adj bound

Example sentences :

But he did so without hesitation; for he loved his country, and had pledged his life to her service.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

He's pledged to find you on the quay, and he will—unless some one makes him drunk.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

If our cause be just—and we know it is— His omnipotence is pledged to its triumph.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

The hand of Evelyn Cameron was pledged to him, the wedding-day was fixed.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Fade at the Persian's foot, You that, our patrons were pledged, should never adorn a slave!
Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various

After they had pledged each other, all three returned to Liu Wendsing.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

He had pledged himself so faithfully not to outstay the first attack!
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Still, he was pledged to the search, and he would go through with it.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

I am pledged to make the hunt—not only for the mine but for the man who killed my father.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

Its members are pledged to the keeping of a fivefold obligation.
Extract from : « Almost A Man » by Mary Wood-Allen

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