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† aˈddebted, pa. pple. Obs.
Forms 6 adettyt, addettit, addetted, addebtit; 7 adebted, 7–9 addebted.
[f. earlier en-detted pa. pple. of endet, a. OFr. endete-r, endette-r:—late L. indebitā-re: see indebt. The Fr. prefix en-, like Eng. an-, on-, reduced to a-, afterwards refashioned as ad-; see a- prefix 10. The word seems only Scotch.]
Indebted.
1513Douglas Virgil's æneis x. xiv. 56 And was adettyt, for my mysdoyng Onto our cuntre, till haue sufferit pane. 1535Stewart Cron. Scotl. 36060, II. 521 He wes aboue all erthlie thing, So far addettit to that nobill king. 1566Knox Hist. Ref. Scotl. Wks. 1846 I. 289, I am addetted to your Lordschip. 1639Drummond of Hawthornden Wks. 1711, 223 How much is Florence adebted to the noble Laurentius of Medices, for his library? 1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 252 How muche we were addebted unto God. 1822Scott Nigel iv. (1874) 61 His Majesty's maist gracious mother..justly addebted and owing the sum of fifteen merks. |