Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc;
2.
under a legal obligation to someone;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indebt \In*debt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indebted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Indebting.] [OE. endetten, F. endetter; pref. en- (L.
in) + F. dette debt. See Debt.]
To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly
used in the participle indebted.
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Thy fortune hath indebted thee to none. --Daniel.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indebted \In*debt"ed\, a.
1. Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment
or requital; beholden.
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By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once
Indebted and discharged. --Milton.
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2. 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. --Cowper.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
indebted
adj 1: owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or
favors etc
2: under a legal obligation to someone
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "indebted":
beholden, bound, burdened with debt, deep in debt, duty-bound,
embarrassed, encumbered, in debt, in difficulties,
in embarrassed circumstances, in hock, in the hole, in the red,
insolvent, involved, liable, mortgaged, obligated, obliged, owing,
plunged in debt, responsible, tied up, unsound