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Synonyms for owed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : oh
Phonetic Transcription : oÊŠ

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Définition of owed

Origin :
  • Old English agan (past tense ahte) "to have, own," from Proto-Germanic *aiganan "to possess" (cf. Old Frisian aga, Old Norse eiga, Old High German eigan, Gothic aigan "to possess, have"), from PIE *aik- "to be master of, possess" (cf. Sanskrit ise "he owns," isah "owner, lord, ruler;" Avestan is- "riches," isvan- "well-off, rich").
  • Sense of "to have to repay" began in late Old English with the phrase agan to geldanne literally "to own to yield," which was used to translate Latin debere (earlier in Old English this would have been sceal "shall"); by late 12c. the phrase had been shortened to simply agan, and own (v.) took over this word's original sense.
  • An original Germanic preterite-present verb (cf. can, dare, may, etc.). New past tense form owed arose 15c. to replace oughte, which developed into ought (v.).
  • adj due
Example sentences :
  • They owed me every thing, like you—their gratitude was unbounded, even as yours.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I have said that the Carters owed their little farm to the creek.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • I pitied him; I owed him hospitality; but it seemed intolerable that he should be there.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Mimi put in many words of how much Siegfried owed for all this care and trouble.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • I did not even tell her that I owed the worst and most lasting of my wounds to Philip.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Well, I owed him a long score, and I have paid him off in full.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Besides, Trapper Jim declared he owed the fox skin to Ed, anyhow.
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • This invaluable trait she owed largely to her grandfather's wooden leg.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • For a month or so the rich Englishman to whom she owed her means had been absent, travelling.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Mansfield owed nothing to his noble relations, who were poor and uninfluential.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Antonyms for owed

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