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Owe vs Debite - What's the difference?

owe | debite |

As verbs the difference between owe and debite

is that owe is to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone while debite is .

owe

English

Verb

(ow)
  • To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
  • *1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 7:
  • *:He inherited a fair fortune from his uncle, but owed it all before he came into it, and spent it twice over immediately afterwards.
  • To have debt, to be in debt.

    • Usage notes

    * The original past tense form was ought, which during Middle English began to be used with indefinite signification and has become a distinct verb. The original past participle has become the adjective own.

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    debite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A deputy; an official.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXVII:
    • Jesus stode before the debite , and the debite axed him, saynge: Arte thou the kynge of the iwes?
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