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put in pledge en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (dated, idiomatic, transitive) To pawn; to give as a guarantee.
    • the land, which is so put in pledge, is by law, in case of non-payment at the time limited, forever dead and gone from the mortgagor; 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

Forms

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puts in pledge Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
put in pledge Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put in pledge Tense=Past lexicographic
putting in pledge Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic