In-dèbt'ed, a.
(in-dĕt'ed), a. [Prefix in and debt; Fr. endetté, O. Fr. endebté, It. indebitato, L. Lat. indebitatus.]
Sense 1. Placed in debt; being under obligation; held to payment or requital; beholden.
By owing, owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged. Milton.
Sense 2. Obliged by something received, for which restitution or gratitude is due; as, we are indebted to our parents for their care of us in infancy and youth; we are indebted to God for life; we are indebted to the Christian religion for many of the advantages, and much of the refinement, of modern times.