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▪ I. † inˈdebt, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
In 6 indett, endebt.
[Short for indebted; cf. debt ppl. a.]
Indebted.
1504Bury Wills (Camden) 95 All my good ffrendes soullys that I am bownd or indett to pray for. 1642Perkins' Prof. Bk. ii. §180. 79 If a man by his Obligation doth acknowledge himselfe to be endebt unto the Obligee.
▪ II. inˈdebt, v. Now rare.
[Inferred from indebted; perh. after F. endetter (endebter) in same sense.]
1. trans. To bring under monetary obligation; to involve in debt. (In quots. refl.)
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. (1589) 206 After he had indebted himselfe in seven hundred and fiftie thousand crownes. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 209 One indebteth himselfe for to build a sumptuous and stately house.
2. To bring under an obligation of any kind.
1603Daniel Panegyr. Wks. (1717) 340 Thy Fortune hath indebted thee to none. a1639W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxiv. (1640) 13 Bee they not benefits indebting us to God in many praises? 1672Penn Spir. Truth Vind. 114 We would not indebt our selves to his Favour. 1875Ruskin Fors Clav. V. lviii. 285 If it borrow at all, it is at least in honour bound to borrow from living men, and not indebt itself to its own unborn brats. |