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indebt

indebt verb: to bring into debt; to place under obligation.

Verb

indebt (third-person singular simple present indebts, present participle indebting, simple past and past participle indebted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To bring into debt; to place under obligation.

Forms of indebt

third-person singular presentindebts
present participleindebting
past participleindebted
pastindebted

Origin of indebt

From Middle English endetten, Old French endetter, from en- + detter, from dette (“debt”), by surface analysis, in- + debt. See debt.

Words formed from indebt

Questions about indebt

What does indebt mean?
Indebt means to bring into debt; to place under obligation.
What part of speech is indebt?
Indebt is a verb.
What is the past tense of indebt?
The past tense of indebt is indebted.

Words near indebt in the dictionary

  1. indeavour'd
  2. indeavoured
  3. indeavoureth
  4. indeavouring
  5. indeavours
  6. indebt
  7. indebted
  8. indebtedly
  9. indebtedness
  10. indebtednesses
  11. indebteth

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