indebted

indebted
    adj 1: owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or
           favors etc
    2: under a legal obligation to someone
    

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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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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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