† indebtadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Indebted.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation
addebteda1400
beholdenc1400
debtedc1425
beholding1484
indebt1504
bounden1530
indebted1553
obliged1596
redevable1596
engaged1665
behoven1880
1504 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 95 All my good ffrendes soullys that I am bownd or indett to pray for.
1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §180. 79 If a man by his Obligation doth acknowledge himselfe to be endebt unto the Obligee.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
indebtv.
Now rare.
1. transitive. To bring under monetary obligation; to involve in debt. (In quots. reflexive.)
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > involve (person) in debt
indebt1586
engage1600
dip1817
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 217 After he had indebted himselfe in seuen hundred and fiftie thousand crownes.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 209 One indebteth himselfe for to build a sumptuous and stately house.
2. To bring under an obligation of any kind.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > gratitude > thank [verb (transitive)] > make indebted by kindness
bedebta1522
tie1576
indebt1603
endear1604
obligate1697
1603 S. Daniel Panegyrike in Wks. (1717) 340 Thy Fortune hath indebted thee to none.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxiv. 13 Bee they not benefits indebting us to God in many praises?
1672 W. Penn Spirit of Truth Vindicated 114 We would not indebt our selves to his Favour.
1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera 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.
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