Indebted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indebt \In*debt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indebted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Indebting}.] [OE. endetten, F. endetter; pref. en- (L.
     in) + F. dette debt. See {Debt}.]
     To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly
     used in the participle indebted.
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           Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none.  --Daniel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indebted \In*debt"ed\, a.
     1. Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment
        or requital; beholden.
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              By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once
              Indebted and discharged.              --Milton.
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     2. Placed under obligation for something received, for which
        restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to
        our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to
        friends for help and encouragement. --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indebted
       adj 1: under a legal obligation to someone [syn: {indebted(p)}]
       2: owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors
          etc [syn: {indebted(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "indebted":
     beholden, bound, burdened with debt, deep in debt, duty-bound,
     embarrassed, encumbered, in debt, in difficulties,
     in embarrassed circumstances, in hock, in the hole, in the red,
     insolvent, involved, liable, mortgaged, obligated, obliged, owing,
     plunged in debt, responsible, tied up, unsound