Meaning

1 senses

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

Examples

39 sentences

  1. Tom is indebted to Mary.

    Том у Мері в боргу.

    ruТом у Мэри в долгу.

    deTom ist Mary zu Dank verpflichtet.

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  2. I'm indebted to you.

    Я твій боржник.

    ruЯ перед вами в долгу.

    deIch stehe in deiner Schuld.

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  3. I'll always be indebted to you.

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  4. Tom doesn't like to be indebted to anyone.

    deTom steht nicht gerne in der Schuld eines anderen.

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  5. I don't like to be indebted to anyone.

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Origin

From Middle English endetten, Old French endetter, from en- + detter, from dette (“debt”),

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

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Forms

indebts, indebting, indebted, indebted
Base formindebt · to indebt
3rd person singularindebts
Present participleindebting
Past simpleindebted
Past participleindebted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyindebt
he, she, itindebts

Past simpleLesson

all personsindebted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave indebted
he, she, ithas indebted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill indebt

Word family

1 related words
DerivedindebtedB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
incurB2incurableB2incursionindecencyindecentindecipherableindecision
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