Pledged

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  committed \committed\ adj.
     1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular
        cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of {uncommitted}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {bound up, involved, wrapped up};
           {dedicated, devoted}; {pledged, sworn}]


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     2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also
        called {attached}. Opposite of {unattached}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {affianced}, {bespoken}, {betrothed},
           {engaged}, {pledged}, {promised}(predicate); {married}]
           [Also See: {loving}.]
  
     Syn: attached.
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     3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or
        mental institution.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pledge \Pledge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pledged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pledging}.] [Cf. OF. pleiger to give security. See {Pledge},
     n.]
     1. To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in
        possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's
        watch.
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     2. To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to
        plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor.
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              We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our
              fortunes, and our sacred honor.       --The
                                                    Declaration of
                                                    Independence.
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     3. To secure performance of, as by a pledge. [Obs.]
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              To pledge my vow, I give my hand.     --Shak.
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     4. To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage
        solemnly; as, to pledge one's self.
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     5. To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first,
        and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will;
        hence, to drink the health of; to toast.
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              Pledge me, my friend, and drink till thou be'st
              wise.                                 --Cowley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pledged
       adj 1: bound by or as if by an oath; "according to an early
              tradition became his sworn brother"; "sworn enemies"
              [syn: {sworn}]
       2: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: {affianced},
           {bespoken}, {betrothed}, {engaged}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "pledged":
     affianced, affirmed, alleged, announced, answerable for,
     as earnest, asserted, asseverated, assured, at stake, attested,
     averred, avouched, avowed, beholden, beholden to, betrothed, bound,
     bounden, bounden to, certified, chargeable, committed, compromised,
     contracted, declared, deposed, deposited, duty-bound, engaged,
     enunciated, guaranteed, in duty bound, in hock, in pawn,
     indebted to, intended, liable, manifestoed, obligate, obligated,
     obliged, obliged to, on deposit, pawned, plighted, posted,
     predicated, professed, promised, pronounced, put up, responsible,
     saddled, staked, stated, sworn, sworn to, tied, under obligation,
     underwritten, up the spout, vouched, vouched for, vowed,
     warranted