单词 | addebted |
释义 | addebtedadj. Scottish since late 15th cent. Now rare (archaic in later use). = indebted adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation addebteda1400 beholdenc1400 debtedc1425 beholding1484 indebt1504 bounden1530 indebted1553 obliged1596 redevable1596 engaged1665 behoven1880 a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 123 Ȝif þou can more þan anoþer..Þou art adetted þerto, For god haþ made þe his reue. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 17 The knychtis ar adettit to manetene and defend justice. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xiv. 56 And was adettyt, for my mysdoyng Onto our cuntre, till haue sufferit pane. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 521 He wes aboue all erthlie thing, So far addettit to that nobill king. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 289 I am addetted to your Lordschip. 1599 A. Hume Epist. to G. Montcrieff in Hymnes sig. I1v For why, think I, to nain I am addettit. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 223 How much is Florence adebted to the noble Laurentius of Medices, for his Library? a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 252 How muche we were addebted unto God. a1670 J. Scot Staggering State Sc. Statesman (1754) 97 No lent money in the kingdom was free from payment of that two in the hundred, albeit the meaning of the estates in making the said act was, that only free money should pay, the owners thereof not being addebted in sums of money to others. 1756 W. Alexander State of Process against John Miller 60 At one Time the Deponent knew Miller to be addebted to Scot about a hundred Pound Sterling for Tobaccoes, which may be near the Value of four Hogsheads of Tobacco. 1787 A. Macmillan Compl. Syst. Conveyances of & Securities upon Lands Pref. vi. He acknowledges himself to be considerably addebted to Mr Wright's last publication on the Laws of Election, from which a number of the observations are taken. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. iv. 93 His Majesty's maist gracious mother..justly addebted and owing the sum of fifteen merks. 1939 Times 27 Dec. 12/5 (advt.) All persons addebted to the Deceased are requested to make Payment to the Subscribers within the like period. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400 |
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