There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
YPLIGHT
Verb
yplight (obsolete)
past participle of plight
Adjective
yplight (comparative more yplight, superlative most yplight)
Obsolete form of plighted.
Anagrams
• plighty
Source: Wiktionary
PLIGHT
Plight, obs.
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. Chaucer.
Plight, obs.
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Pluck. Chaucer.
Plight, v. t. Etym: [OE. pliten; probably through Old French, fr. LL. plectare, L. plectere. See Plait, Ply.]
Definition: To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.[Obs.] "To sew and plight." Chaucer. A plighted garment of divers colors. Milton.
Plight, n.
Definition: A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [Obs.] "Many a folded plight." Spenser.
Plight, n. Etym: [OE. pliht danger, engagement, AS. pliht danger, fr. pleĂłn to risk; akin to D. plicht duty, G. pflicht, Dan. pligt. sq. root28. Cf. Play.]
1. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge. "That lord whose hand must take my plight." Shak.
2. Etym: [Perh. the same word as plight a pledge, but at least influenced by OF. plite, pliste, ploit, ploi, a condition, state; cf. E. plight to fold, and F. pli a fold, habit, plier to fold, E. ply.]
Definition: Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight. "Your plight is pitied." Shak. To bring our craft all in another plight Chaucer.
Plight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Plighting.] Etym: [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty, G. verpflichten, Sw. förplikta, Dan. forpligte. See Plight, n.]
1. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods. " To do them plighte their troth." Piers Plowman. He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to another land. Spenser. Here my inviolable faith I plight. Dryden.
2. To promise; to engage; to betroth. Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from the plighted bride. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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