All 6 Uses of
indebted
in
Middlemarch
- He trusted that he should make the best return, if return were possible, by showing the effectiveness of the education for which he was indebted, and by ceasing in future to need any diversion towards himself of funds on which others might have a better claim.†
Chpt 3
- I am indebted to the rain, then.†
Chpt 4 *
- For my own part, I regretted your alliance with my brother-in-law's family, which has always been of prodigal habits, and which has already been much indebted to me for sustainment in its present position.†
Chpt 7
- There is no reason why I should not tell you—since the fact is so—that the person to whom I am indebted is Bulstrode.†
Chpt 7
- We are indebted to that for his being lodged in this neighborhood.†
Chpt 8
- We are indebted to that for seeing a woman like Dorothea degrading herself by marrying him.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(indebted) to be grateful for a favor; or to owe money; or to be in the position of owing a debt of gratitude