Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Indebted; obliged; bounden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Indebted; obliged to.
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- adjective
indebted ; underobligation
Etymologies
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Examples
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And yes, I am in debted to Steven Shainberg and his wonderful film, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006), for this idea.
The Me That Should Have Been greygirlbeast 2009
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So what king of jobs, all low pay, no future jobs, Obama wants everyone to be welfare people and in debted to the savior Obama.
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I am also greatly in debted to our two children, Paul and
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In the meantime, we're being "debted" to death to support this monetary system that can only survive by turning us all into debtors of an increasingly desperate variety.
Change We Need: Replace Our Gravely Flawed Monetary System 2008
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IOW Nick is admitting that he has been ignorant of what is being debted for however long he has joined the fray.
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But the reality, she says, is that many who did so during the boom just "re-debted," running up more card and mortgage debt.
How rising home values, easy credit put your finances at risk 2008
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All the while, our tax dollars are spent our soldiers die, while Iraq saves millions and defense contractors get rich from our spent/borrowed/debted wealth.
Clinton Uses ‘100-Year’ Remark to Fault McCain - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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With the plan, the tax payer is further in-debted as well as this taking longer to unwind.
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The pages on William Byrd and the way his music reveals the tragic situation of a repressed and defiant Catholic in a Protestant culture are almost as good, although heavily in-debted to the researches of Joseph Kerman.
From the Troubadours to Frank Sinatra Rosen, Charles 2006
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The council has acknowledged its debted to the workers.
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