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mortgaged, ppl. a.|ˈmɔːgɪdʒd|
[f. mortgage v. + -ed1.]
Of land, etc.: Having a mortgage on it; made over as a security for a debt. Also said of debts.
1614Beaum. & Fl. Wit at Sev. Weap. 1, To redeem morgag'd Land. 1718Free-thinker No. 42. 307 He will redeem his mortgaged Estate at any Price. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 173 That in mortgaged or trust-estates, the person in possession..shall have the vote. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xiii. (1876) 172 Peasant proprietors are often heavily burdened with mortgaged debts. 1890Kipling Departm. Ditties, etc. Masque of Plenty, His speech is of mortgaged bedding, On his kine he borrows yet.
fig.1643Lightfoot Glean. Ex. 32 Moses Law..taught Israel to expect that one..should redeeme for him morgaged heaven. 1667Decay Chr. Piety vi. 136 Let men consider themselves..as ensnar'd in that unhappy contract which has rendered them part of the Devils possession, and contrive how they may..disentangle their Mortgag'd Souls. |