Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PLEDG'ED, pp.

Deposited as security; given in warrant.

PLEDG-EE', n.

The person to whom any thing is pledged.

PLEDG'ER, n.

1. One that pledges or pawns any thing; one that warrants or secures. [Pledgor, in Blackstone, is not to be countenanced.]
2. One that accepts the invitation to drink after another, or that secures another by drinking.

PLEDG'ER-Y, n.

A pledging; suretiship. [Not in use.] – Encyc.

PLEDG'ET, n. [from folding or laying.]

In surgery, a compress or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound to imbibe the matter discharged and keep it clean. – Encyc.

PLEDG'ING, ppr.

Depositing in pawn or as security; giving warrant for security or safety.

PLEI'ADS, n. [ple'yads; L. Pleiades; Gr. πλειαδες, supposed to be formed from πλεω, to sail, as the rising of the seven stars indicated the time of safe navigation.]

In astronomy, a cluster of seven stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. The Latins called them Vergiliæ, from ver, spring, because of their rising about the vernal equinox. – Encyc. Ainsworth.

PLE'NAL, a. [See Plenary.]

Full. [Not used.] – Beaumont.

PLE'NARE, n.

Decisive procedure. [Not used.] – Ayliffe.

PLE'NA-RI-LY, adv. [from plenary.]

Fully; completely. – Ayliffe.

PLE'NA-RI-NESS, n.

Fullness; completeness.

PLEN'AR-TY, n.

The state of a benefice when occupied. – Blackstone.

PLE'NA-RY, a. [L. plenus; Fr. plein; It. plenario, pieno; Sp. pleno, lleno; W. llawn; Ir. lain, lan; Arm. leun. The Russ. has polnei and polon, full, and with a prefix, napolniayu, to fill. Qu. the radical letters, and the identity of the Russ. with the others.]

Full; entire; complete; as, a plenary license; plenary consent; plenary indulgence. The plenary indulgence of the pope is an entire remission of penalties due to all sins. – Encyc.

PLEN-I-LU'NAR, a.

Pertaining to the full moon.

PLEN-I-LU'NA-RY, a.

Relating to the full moon. – Brown.

PLEN'I-LUNE, n. [L. plenilunium; plenus, full, and luna, moon.]

The full moon. [Not used.] – B. Jonson.

PLE-NIP'O-TENCE, n. [L. plenus, full, and potentia, power.]

Fullness or completeness of power. – Milton.

PLE-NIP'O-TENT, a. [L. plenipotens, supra.]

Possessing full power. – Milton.

PLEN-IP-O-TEN'TIA-RY, a.

Containing full power; as, plenipotentiary license or authority.

PLEN-IP-O-TEN'TIA-RY, n. [Fr. plenipotentiare. See Plenipotence.]

A person invested with full power to transact any business; usually, an embassador or envoy to a foreign court furnished with full power to negotiate a treaty or to transact other business.

PLEN'ISH, v.t. [for Replenish. not used.]

PLE'NIST, n. [L. plenus.]

One who maintains that all space is full of matter. – Boyle.

PLEN'ITUDE, n. [L. plenitudo, from plenus, full.]

1. Fullness; as, the plenitude of space. – Bentley.
2. Repletion; animal fullness; plethora; redundancy of blood and humors in the animal bodies. – Encyc.
3. Fullness; complete competence; as, the plenitude of the pope's power. – Bacon.
4. Completeness; as, the plenitude of a man's fame. – Prior.

PLEN'TE-OUS, a. [from plenty.]

1. Abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply of provisions; a plenteous crop.
2. Yielding abundance; as, a plenteous fountain. The seven plenteous years. – Gen. xli.
3. Having an abundance. The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods. – Deut. xxviii.
4. Possessing in abundance, and ready to bestow liberally. – Ps. lxxxvi. [This word is less used than Plentiful.]

PLEN'TE-OUS-LY, adv.

In abundance; copiously; plentifully. – Milton.