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

Simplified etymology

Redeem entered English in the late Middle English period and ultimately comes from Latin redimere “buy back.” It shares this root with ransom and redemption.

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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