- Redeem
- Redeem Re*deem" (r?*d?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redeemed}.
(-d?md"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redeeming}.] [F. r['e]dimer, L.
redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy,
originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf.
{Assume}, {Consume}, {Exempt}, {Premium}, {Prompt},
{Ransom}.]
1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a
stipulated price; to repurchase.
[1913 Webster]
If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. --Lev. xxv. 29. [1913 Webster]
2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. (b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin. [1913 Webster]
3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. [1913 Webster]
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. --Ps. xxv. 22. [1913 Webster]
The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
4. (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. [1913 Webster]
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. --Gal. iii. 13. [1913 Webster]
5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises. [1913 Webster]
I will redeem all this on Percy's head. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
6. To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error. [1913 Webster]
Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{To redeem the time}, to make the best use of it. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
