redeem

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To set free by force.

   Your Highneſſe needs not doubt but in ſhort time, He will with Tamburlaines deſtruction Redeeme you from this deadly ſeruitude.

2. 2
   verb

   convert into cash

3. 3
   verb

   pay off (loans or promissory notes)

4. 4
   verb

   exchange or buy back for money

From Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from red- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”).

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