Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ransom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective saved from the bondage of sin
- adjective reclaimed by payment of a ransom
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Examples
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In this system, a work such as a novel or piece of software is effectively "ransomed" - given to a publisher with the understanding that it would be released to the wider public when, and only when, they pay a certain amount.
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Dear reader, will you accept the word of Him who can not lie and choose to suffer affliction with the people of God until our Lord shall come to call his ransomed home?
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Westward with our Prize to Teneriffe, to have her ransomed, that is to say, her Hull; for her Cargo was not worth redeeming, being extremely shabby, -- one or two Butts of Wine, a Hogshead of Brandy, and other small matters, which we determined to keep for our own use.
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According to Jewish custom, they "ransomed" Him back by offering two turtle doves as sacrifices to Almighty God.
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According to Jewish custom, they "ransomed" Him back by offering two turtle doves as sacrifices to Almighty God.
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Come and hear: Levi ben Darga ransomed his daughter for 13,000 gold dinarii.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: The Morality Of Redeeming Captives: Gilad Shalit And The Talmud
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Similar fates befall Liz Gold, a maiden/mother helpmate in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Katya Orlovna, almost entirely a parade of creaky pseudo-delphic utterances, in The Russia House at least she may get ransomed; and Sophie Maplethorpe in The Night Manager.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré
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Similar fates befall Liz Gold, a maiden/mother helpmate in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Katya Orlovna, almost entirely a parade of creaky pseudo-delphic utterances, in The Russia House at least she may get ransomed; and Sophie Maplethorpe in The Night Manager.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré
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The following year he was in Italy, where he was captured and ransomed by imperial troops near Ferrara.
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Under current rules, Greek unions seem to have the EU—and even the world's financial health—ransomed.
vanishedone commented on the word ransomed
WeirdNet is feeling pious today.
January 27, 2009