INDEBTED, INDEBTEDNESS
ADJECTIVES
► ADDEBTED indebted → 1513 obs.
► BEHADDEN under personal obligation; indebted; obliged → 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BEHOLDEN under obligation on account of favours received; beholden, indebted to → 1530
► BEHOLDING under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent → 1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DEBTED of persons: under obligation; indebted → c1425 obs.
► DEBTFUL indebted → 1649 chiefly Sc. obs.
► ENTHRALLED involved; indebted → 1903 Amer. dial
► IN BONDAGE indebted to; under the control of; with a biblical implication → 20C African-American sl.
► MISBEHOLDEN beholden, indebted → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OBOLYGATED obliged, indebted → 1866 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► BEHOLDINGNESS the condition of being beholden to anyone; obligation, indebtedness; later, dependence → 1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
► BETHANK thanks, indebtedness, acknowledgement → 1826 Sc.
► BONDAGE indebtedness → 1945 US sl.
► DEBENTURE acknowledgement of indebtedness; obligation; debt → 1609 obs.
VERBS
► AUGHT to owe, to be indebted to → 1822 Sc.
► DEBT-BIND to bind by obligation, to render indebted → a1608 obs.
► REST to owe; to be indebted to one → 1721 Sc.
► WALK INTO to be indebted to, e.g. a tradesman → M19 sl.