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mortgaged 音标拼音: [m'ɔrgɪdʒd] mortgaged adj 1: burdened with legal or financial obligations; " his house, his business, indeed, his whole life was heavily mortgaged" Mortgage \ Mort" gage\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Mortgaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Mortgaging}.] 1. ( Law) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation. [ 1913 Webster] Mortgaging their lives to covetise. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] I myself an mortgaged to thy will. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
mortgaged \ mortgaged\ adj. burdened with legal or financial obligations; as, His house was mortgaged to the hilt. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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