In*debt"ed, a.

1.

Brought into debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.

By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged. Milton.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.