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uninˈdebted, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1672Dryden Assignation v. iv, So you shall still be innocent, and I Die blessed, and unindebted for my being. 1759Ann. Reg., Hist. War 41/2 Unindebted to family or connections. 1781Cowper Table-t. 525 Give me the line..That, like some cottage beauty, strikes the heart, Quite unindebted to the tricks of art. 1846Sir W. Hamilton Diss. in Reid's Wks. 891 Neither ignorant of, nor unindebted to, their writings. 1882Saintsbury Hist. French Lit. iii. vii. 380 He was..probably not unindebted to Descartes for the force and vigour of his reasonings.
Hence uninˈdebtedness.
1866Times 4 Jan. 8/4 If they shall have paid off their present debt, they will enjoy a confidence far stronger than that from simple unindebtedness. |