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redeemed, ppl. a.|rɪˈdiːmd|
[f. redeem v. + -ed1.]
a. Delivered, atoned for, etc. Also absol.
1535Coverdale Isa. xxxv. 9 The redemed of the Lorde shal conuerte, and come to Sion with thankesgeuinge. 1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 350 All Seales, and Simbols of redeemed sins. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 43 Where with mee All my redeemed may dwell in joy and bliss. 1753C. Wesley Hymns for Watch-Night ix, We..singing remove, With all the redeem'd to the Sion above. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) p. lxiv, The shout of a redeemed and rejoicing people. 1832Lytton Eugene A. v. viii, The greater villain had escaped, the more generous and redeemed one fallen.
b. Of land: reclaimed. rare.
1838H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Survey) 37 From one acre of redeemed meadow 4½ tons of English Hay were weighed and sold in 1836–7. |