Crossword clues for ransomed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ransom \Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransomed (-s[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransoming.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See Ransom, n.]
To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
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To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.]
Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year.
--Berners.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: ransom)
WordNet
adj. saved from the bondage of sin [syn: redeemed]
reclaimed by payment of a ransom
Usage examples of "ransomed".
Clairvaux the absence of these, like the putting off of mortality itself, freed the spirits of the nearly ransomed to foretaste of heaven.
Christian allies in the midst of his pious enterprise and ransomed by the sacrifice of his people.
Sardinia, where in many regions bandits took, ransomed, and released more or less as they pleased.
Many were killed and Raoul was captured, though ransomed soon afterward.
Greedy as he, they let him be ransomed for 22,000 gold francs, so that he promptly renewed his warfare.