pledged
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of pledge.
The company pledged a million dollars toward disaster relief.
Volunteers had pledged their time to the shelter every weekend.
Note
One spelling serves both past forms, so the auxiliary tells them apart: she pledged, she has pledged, the land was pledged. The form carries every meaning of pledge, not only promising. A house pledged as security has been put up against a debt. In the toasting sense the verb takes a direct object: the guests pledged their host, drinking to his health.
The family farm was pledged as security for the loan.
The guests rose and pledged the bride and groom.
pledged is a form of pledge
pledge, verb: To promise solemnly that one will do something. Full entry
- Spelling
- pledge → pledged: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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