† ˈdebted, ppl. a. Obs.
[? after OF. deté (detty): see -ed; or aphetic form of an-, en-, indebted (13th c.).]
1. Of things: Owed, due.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Agnes 171, & gyf he ȝald dettyt honoure Til god þat al thinge has in cure. 1388 Wyclif Deut. xv. 2 To whom ony thing is dettid, ethir owid. c 1440 Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. vii, The payne detted for the synne. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 9 Obediens dettit til our natural fatheris. 1599–16.. Massinger, etc. Old Law i. i, In my debted duty. |
2. Of persons: Under obligation; indebted.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 267 In sic affynite Ilkane dettit wes til uthire. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 16 We ar dettit to you as faderis to thair childrin. 1590 Shakes. Com. Err. iv. i. 31 Three odde Duckets more Then I stand debted to this Gentleman. |