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endebted

endebted is the obsolete form of indebted.

Meaning of indebted

Adjective

indebted (comparative more indebted, superlative most indebted)

  1. Obligated, especially financially.
    • One of China’s poorest and most indebted provinces has admitted defeat in trying to sort out its finances and is appealing to Beijing for help to avert default.2023 April 27, Laura He, “China may have to bail out one of its poorest provinces”, in CNN Business
  2. (usually) Owing gratitude for a service or favour.
    • We are indebted to an officer serving with the B.L.A. for sending us a copy of a fine coloured lithographed poster, reproduced above, which he found in the German Control Headquarters of the Belgian Railways in Brussels.1945 November and December, Railway Magazine, page 353, image caption

Forms of endebted

comparativemore endebted
superlativemost endebted

Words formed from endebted

Questions about endebted

What is endebted the obsolete form of?
Endebted is the obsolete form of indebted.

Words near endebted in the dictionary

  1. endeavouring
  2. endeavourings
  3. endeavourment
  4. endeavourments
  5. endeavours
  6. endebted
  7. endebtedness
  8. endecagon
  9. endecagons
  10. endecandrous
  11. endecane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: endebted (page history and authors); indebted (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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