† belastadj.
Obsolete.
Burdened, charged, bound.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation
indebted?c1225
boundena1400
owingc1400
debtfulc1425
belast1441
beholdena1450
worthy1469
obligate?a1475
subjectc1480
bound1488
debt-bounda1522
obstrict1527
addicted1535
oughting1567
devinct1573
bounded1586
obliged1596
affineda1616
boundant1654
guilty1700
obligated1740
behoven1880
duty-bound1908
due1913
1441 in Archæol. XVII. 214 (Halliw.) James Skidmore is belast and wt holden toward the seid Sir James for an hole yeer.
1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccxxi The duke of Brytain then was his manne, For fee belaste without rebellion.
1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre cxxix, in Posies sig. Ivii At euery porte it was..belast, That I..might not go out.
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