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† ˈdebted, ppl. a. Obs.
[? after OF. deté (detty): see -ed; or aphetic form of an-, en-, indebted (13th c.).]
1. Of things: Owed, due.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Agnes 171, & gyf he ȝald dettyt honoure Til god þat al thinge has in cure. 1388Wyclif Deut. xv. 2 To whom ony thing is dettid, ethir owid. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. vii, The payne detted for the synne. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 9 Obediens dettit til our natural fatheris. 1599–16..Massinger, etc. Old Law i. i, In my debted duty.
2. Of persons: Under obligation; indebted.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 267 In sic affynite Ilkane dettit wes til uthire. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 16 We ar dettit to you as faderis to thair childrin. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iv. i. 31 Three odde Duckets more Then I stand debted to this Gentleman. |