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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indebt \In*debt"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none. --Daniel.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indebted \In*debt"ed\, adjective
1. Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.
By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged. --Milton.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
indebted
adjective
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
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