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transitive. To bring under monetary obligation; to involve in debt. (In quots. reflexive.)
To make (a person) security for a payment, the fulfilment of an undertaking, etc.; ‘to render liable for a debt to a creditor’ (Johnson). Obsolete.
figurative. To involve in debt or pecuniary liabilities; to mortgage (an estate); to pawn. (colloquial.)