单词 | indebted |
释义 | indebtedadj. 1. a. Under obligation on account of money borrowed; owing money; in debt. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] yielding1340 indebtedc1386 dettya1398 due1483 debtedc1540 underwater1627 borrowing1640 debtful1649 ticking1673 α. β. 1483 Cath. Angl. 195/2 Indettydd.1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 18 §15 Persones so indetted..to be utterly acquyted & discharged therof.1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 162 He beganne to flatter the common people, and specially those that were indebted.1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) IV. lxiii. 709 Notwithstanding the supplies voted him, his treasury was still very empty and very much indebted.1885 P. G. Tait Properties of Matter iv. §63. 51 If he over~draws..he is to that amount indebted to the bank.c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 181 Yit I am endetted so therby Of gold, that I haue borwed trewely. 1422 T. Hostel in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 96 He being..now falle to greet age and poverty: gretly endetted. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxviiiv He..after longe beynge in Westmynster as a Seyntwary man..dyed there beynge greatly endettyd vnto many parsonys. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 4 Anie person..endebted to anie such offendour. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > be in debt [verb (intransitive)] owe1455 oughta1464 to be indebted1601 outstand1729 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 10 [He] left his sonnes indebted 30. millions of crownes, and without credite amongst the merchants. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 292 Jenkin Williams..lent him the money he was indebted. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 158 I am indebted..to your Lordship an answer. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham III. 187 To this infamous associate I was indebted thirty pounds. 2. Under obligation to another on account of some liability incurred or claim unsatisfied; liable for some omission of duty, an unfulfilled promise, etc.; bound. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ 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 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 102 Þuart andettet towart me swiðe wið sunnen. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 352 Ech man is endettid to God, as ech man is endettid to oþir, to helpe him algatis goostli and bodili. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Luke xi. 4 And forgeue vs our synnes; for euen we forgeue euery man that is indebted to vs. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xi. 176 The flocke is indebted to their pastor, to honour and to reuerence him as their father. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes I. §70 When I haue promised I am indebted, and debts may bee claimed, must bee paid. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 235 He her aide Can never seek, once dead in sins and lost; Attonement for himself or offering meet, Indebted and undon, hath none to bring. View more context for this quotation 3. a. Under obligation to another for favours or services received; owing gratitude; beholden. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation addebteda1400 beholdenc1400 debtedc1425 beholding1484 indebt1504 bounden1530 indebted1553 obliged1596 redevable1596 engaged1665 behoven1880 1553 R. Horne tr. J. Calvin Certaine Homilies ii. sig. Fijv Yf we be so endebted and bound to god. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G3v Then sir haue I mistooke your honestie, and am lesse indebted to your courtesie. 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade Pref. sig. A vij All the others have nothing to glory in, but how Princes and States are indebted to them. 1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit x. 118 For this observation I am indebted to an ingenious and worthy friend. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. viii. 136 They were indebted to him for the situation they hold now in the Forest. b. Of things. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 430 Paulus that renowned Venetian to whom our Relations are so much indebted. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 12 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. To such as these..our Art has been often infinitely indebted. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 65 The Aztec mythology..was much indebted, as I have noticed, to the priests. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.?c1225 |
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