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trothplighting

trothplighting is the present participle and gerund of trothplight.

Meaning of trothplight

Verb

trothplight (third-person singular simple present trothplights, present participle trothplighting, simple past and past participle trothplighted or trothplight)

  1. (obsolete) To betroth.
    • It is certaine Corporall, that he is marryed to
      Nell Quickly, and certainly she did you wrong, for you
      were troth-plight to her1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about trothplighting

What is trothplighting the present participle and gerund of?
Trothplighting is the present participle and gerund of trothplight.

Words near trothplighting in the dictionary

  1. trothful
  2. trothing
  3. trothless
  4. trothplight
  5. trothplighted
  6. trothplighting
  7. trothplights
  8. troths
  9. Trothy
  10. trotline
  11. trotlines

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