† debtedadj.
Obsolete.
1. Of things: Owed, due.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > [adjective] > due or owed (of an obligation)
debta1340
debteda1425
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > owed
duea1325
debta1340
dettya1387
payable1394
owing1411
debteda1425
oughting1500
outstand1729
outstanding1797
defaulted1857
called1882
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xv. 2 To whom ony thing is dettid, ethir owid.
c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. vii The payne detted for the synne.
c1480 (a1400) St. Agnes 171 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 351 Gyf he ȝald dettyt honoure til god, þat al thing has in cure.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.ii Obediens dettit til our natural fatheris.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) i. 10 In my debted duty.
2. Of persons: Under obligation; indebted.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation
addebteda1400
beholdenc1400
debtedc1425
beholding1484
indebt1504
bounden1530
indebted1553
obliged1596
redevable1596
engaged1665
behoven1880
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective]
yielding1340
indebtedc1386
dettya1398
due1483
debtedc1540
underwater1627
borrowing1640
debtful1649
ticking1673
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 267 In sic affynite Ilkane dettit wes til uthire.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. vi. f. 6/1 We ar dettit to ȝou as faderis to thair chyldrin.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 31 Three odde Duckets more Then I stand debted to this Gentleman. View more context for this quotation
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