Indebted
[ɪn'detɪd] or [ɪn'dɛtɪd]
Definition
(adj.) owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc .
(adj.) under a legal obligation to someone .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Indebt
(a.) Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.
(a.) Placed under obligation for something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy; indebted to friends for help and encouragement.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Owing, in debt.[2]. Obliged, beholden.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Obliged, beholden
ANT:Disobliged, unbeholden
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Definition
adj. being in debt: obliged by something received.—ns. Indebt′edness Indebt′ment.
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Examples
- He seemed to consider himself hardly less indebted to me, than to Mr. Micawber; which I consider (as I told him) quite a compliment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Wery much indebted to Mrs. Weller for her po-lite inquiries, Sammy,' replied the old gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am quite indebted to you for the trouble you have taken already. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Next appeared Arthur Young, of England, born in 1741, whose life was extended into the 19th century, and to whom the world was greatly indebted for the spread of agricultural knowledge. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- May I be permitted to ask, sir,' said Mrs. Sparsit, 'to what I am indebted for the favour of—' 'Assuredly,' said the stranger. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But I fancy I am indebted to my dear friend the Count for that. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The person to whom the world is chiefly indebted for the practical application of gas lighting is Mr. Winsor, who had been a merchant in London. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Had he done his duty in that respect, Lydia need not have been indebted to her uncle for whatever of honour or credit could now be purchased for her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- No one capable of making the improvements in the telegraph and telephone, for which we are indebted to Mr. Edison, could be other than an accomplished electrician. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- May I beg to know exactly what the object is to which I am indebted for the honour of your visit? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And very much indebted for the omen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am not indebted for my present happiness to your eager desire of expressing your gratitude. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I am much indebted to you for directing my attention to this case, Mr. Soames. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Speaking as a servant, I am deeply indebted to you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am indebted to the fisherman's wife for an entirely new sensation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I was indebted to Marian's quick perception for meeting this necessity at once by the best and simplest means. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There is no reason why I should not tell you--since the fact is so--that the person to whom I am indebted is Bulstrode. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I shall be much indebted to you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To Huygens Newton was indebted for the laws of centrifugal force. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I shall indeed be indebted to you if you can throw a light where all is so dark to us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We are indebted to that for seeing a woman like Dorothea degrading herself by marrying him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To his wife he was very little otherwise indebted, than as her ignorance and folly had contributed to his amusement. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I am indebted to the rain, then. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Lowrey we are indebted for a similar reminiscence, under date of June 5, 1880: Goddard and I have spent a part of the day at Menlo, and all is glorious. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To Mr. John Knightley was she indebted for her first idea on the subject, for the first start of its possibility. Jane Austen. Emma.
- For part of this theory Kant was indebted to Thomas Wright of Durham (1711-1786). Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Galileo, to whom the advance in exact science is so largely indebted, must also be credited with the fir st apparatus for the measurement of temperatures. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We are indebted to that for his being lodged in this neighborhood. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Henri Garenne, to whom we are indebted for much that we present here. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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