Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indebted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indebted \In*debt"ed\, a.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none. --Daniel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indebted
adj 1: owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors
etc [syn: {indebted(p)}]
2: under a legal obligation to someone [syn: {indebted(p)}]
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