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indebted, ppl. a.|ɪnˈdɛtɪd|
Forms: α. 3 andetted, 4–6 endetted, (4 -id, 5 -yd); β. 5 indettydd, 6 -detted, 6– indebted.
[ME. endetted, after OF. endetté, pa. pple. of endetter to involve in debt, f. en- (en-) + dette debt n.; cf. Pr. endeptar, -deutar, Sp. endeudar, It. (and med.L.) indebitāre. In the 15–16th c. the prefix was assimilated to in-2 and the radical to debt n.]
1. Under obligation on account of money borrowed; owing money; in dept.
αc1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 181 Yit I am endetted so therby Of gold, that I haue borwed trewely. 1422T. Hostel in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. I. 96 He being..now falle to greet age and poverty: gretly endetted. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 653 He..after longe beynge in Westmynster as a seyntwary man..dyed there, beynge greatly endettyd vnto many parsonys. 1542–3Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, c. 4 Anie person..endebted to anie such offendour.
β1483Cath. Angl. 195/2 Indettydd. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 18 §15 Persones so indetted..to be utterly acquyted & discharged therof. 1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 162 Hee beganne to flatter the common people, and specially those that were indebted. 1761–2Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) IV. lxiii. 709 Notwithstanding the supplies voted him, his treasury was still very empty and very much indebted. 1885Tait Prop. Matter iv. §63. 51 If he over⁓draws..he is to that amount indebted to the bank.
†b. to be indebted, to owe (so much).
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 17 [He] left his sonnes indebted 30. millions of crownes, and without credite amongst the merchants. 1755J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 292 Jenkin Williams..lent him the money he was indebted. 1784R. Bage Barham Downs II. 158, I am indebted..to your Lordship an answer. 1797M. Robinson Walsingham III. 187 To this infamous associate I was indebted thirty pounds.
2. Under obligation to another on account of some liability incurred or claim unsatisfied; liable for some omission of duty, an unfulfilled promise, etc.; bound. Obs. or arch.
a1225Ancr. R. 126 Þu ert andetted touward me swuðe mid sunnen. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 352 Ech man is endettid to God, as ech man is endettid to oþir, to helpe him algatis goostli and bodili. 1557N. T. (Genev.) Luke xi. 4 And forgeue vs our synnes; for euen we forgeue euery man that is indebted to vs. 1575–85Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 202 The flock is indebted to their pastor, to honour and to reverence him as their father. 1608–33Bp. Hall Medit. & Vows (1656) 114 When I have promised, I am indebted; and debts may be claimed, must be paid. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 235 He her aide Can never seek, once dead in sins and lost; Attonement for himself or offering meet, Indebted and undon, hath none to bring.
3. Under obligation to another for favours or services received; owing gratitude; beholden.
1561tr. Calvin's Foure Godlye Serm. ii. D v, If we be so endetted and bounde to god. 1590Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 63 Then, sir, haue I mistooke your honestie, and am lesse indebted to your courtesie. 1660Willsford Scales Comm. Pref. A vij, All the others have nothing to glory in, but how Princes and States are indebted to them. 1777Priestley Matt. & Spir. (1782) I. xiv. 157 For this observation I am indebted to an ingenious and worthy friend. 1847Marryat Childr. N. Forest viii, They were indebted to him for the situation they hold now in the forest.
b. Of things.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 430 Paulus that renowned Venetian to whom our Relations are so much indebted. 1732Pope, etc. Art Sinking ii. 11 To such as these..our Art has been often infinitely indebted. 1843Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 54 The Aztec mythology..was much indebted, as I have noticed, to the priests. |