debted
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editdebted (comparative more debted, superlative most debted)
- indebted; under obligation
- c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- I stand debted to this gentleman.
Verb
editdebted
- simple past and past participle of debt
References
edit- “debted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.