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<h1>Debt</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Debt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dette</ets>, F. <ets>dette</ets>, LL. <ets>debita</ets>, fr. L. <ets>debitus</ets> owed, p. p. of <ets>debere</ets> to owe, prop., to have on loan; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>habere</ets> to have. See <er>Habit</er>, and cf. <er>Debit</er>, <er>Due</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.</def>

<blockquote>Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's <b>debt</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When you run in <b>debt</b>, you give to another power over your liberty. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.</def> "Forgive us our <i>debts</i>."

<i>Matt. vi. 12.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Bond debt</col>, <col>Book debt</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Bond</er>, <er>Book</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Debt of nature</col>, <cd>death.</cd></cs>

<h1>Debted</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Debt"ed</hw>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Indebted; obliged to.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>I stand <b>debted</b> to this gentleman. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debtee</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Debt*ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to <i>debtor</i>.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Debtless</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Debt"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from debt.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Debtor</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Debt"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dettur</ets>, <ets>dettour</ets>, OF. <ets>detor</ets>, <ets>detur</ets>, <ets>detour</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82biteur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>debitor</ets>, fr. <ets>debere</ets> to owe. See <er>Debt</er>.]</ety> <def>One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to <i>creditor</i>.</def>

<blockquote>[I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest <b>debtor</b> for the first. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In Athens an insolvent <b>debtor</b> became slave to his creditor. <i>Mitford.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Debtors</b> for our lives to you. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debulliate</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bul"li*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> + L. <ets>bullire</ets> to boil.]</ety> <def>To boil over.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Debulition</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb`u*li"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Debulliate</er>.]</ety> <def>A bubbling or boiling over.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>