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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• pledge (subs.):
    1. I. Something put in pawn: pignus, ŏris and ĕris, n.: Caes.: Dig.: v. pawn, mortgage.
    2. II. A security for something:
      1. 1. pignus: to give a great p. to any one that ..., magnum p. dare alicui (foll. by acc. and inf.), Cic. Ph. 1, 2, 4: he offered his hand as a p. of reconciliation, dextram reconciliatae gratiae p. obtulit, Curt. 6, 7, extr.: esp. a p. of love; denoting children or other near relatives, Ov. M. 3, 134 (in apposition with natos natasque): Tac. Ger. 7 (absol., in proximo pignora = liberi, conjuges, etc.).
      2. 2. arrha or arra, ae, f.; arrhăbo, ōnis, m. (strictly, AN EARNEST, q. v.: also in gen. sense): Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 42 (v. Parry, ad l.).
    3. III. A solemn promise: Phr.: to take a p., obligare fidem suam, verbis conceptis sese obligare or obstringere: v. to pledge.
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• pledge (v.):
    1. I. To put in pawn: expr. by oblĭgo, 1: v. to mortgage, pawn.
    2. II. To p. oneself; i. e. to give a solemn assurance on any point: spondeo, rĕcĭpio (to take the responsibility of anything on oneself), prōmitto, etc.: v. to engage. Phr.: to p. one's word, fidem suam obligare, Cic. Ph. 5, 18, fin.; obstringere, Plin. 7, 1, 1: you may p. my services to the people of Firmum, Firmanis fidem meam obliga, Plin. Ep. 6, 18, 2.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• PLEDGE
1. s. pignus, -oris, neuter (PROP. and figuratively): hypotheca (especially of immovables; pignus, of movables): fiducia (something of which the creditor takes actual possession, but under a promise to restore it on payment of the debt): arrhabo, arrha (earnest). To give a pledge, pignus dare: to take a pledge, pignus capere, auferre: to redeem a pledge, liberare pignus a creditore; reddere pecuniam, or pignus accipere: a pledge of love or esteem, pignus amoris, voluntatis, benevolentiae.
2. v. pignori dare, obligare, or opponere; pignerare; oppignerare. To pledge one thing for another, aliquid pro aliqua re oppignerare: to pledge one’s self, se pignori opponere (PROP.); se oppignerare (PROP. or figuratively); animum pignerare (figuratively). To pledge one’s self, fidem obligare in aliquid (to pledge his word): spondere aliquid (to promise in due form, and with obligation; also, absolutely): to pledge one’s self by an oath, sacramento se obstringere: to pledge another by oath, sponsione aliquem obstringere or obligare; stipulatione alligare aliquem: to pledge one’s self regularly to anything (to promise in a contract), stipulari aliquid: to pledge one’s self to anything in return, restipulari aliquid.