Redeem Definition

rĭ-dēm
redeemed, redeeming, redeems
verb
redeemed, redeeming, redeems
To buy back.
Webster's New World
To get back; recover, as by paying a fee.
Webster's New World
To pay off (a mortgage or note)
Webster's New World
To convert (paper money) into gold or silver coin or bullion.
Webster's New World
To turn in (trading stamps or coupons) for a prize, premium, discount, etc.
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Origin of Redeem

  • Recorded since c.1425, from Middle English redemen, modified from Middle English redemer, redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for"), itself from re- (“back; again") + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English redemen from Old French redimer from Latin redimere re-, red- re- emere to buy em- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Redeem Sentence Examples

  • But they have been much subdivided, and the vassals may by law redeem them.

  • The rich were allowed to redeem themselves, but the poor were condemned to slavery.

  • I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men's beginning to redeem themselves.

  • In a few years the bank failed, and the state in 1831 borrowed money to redeem the depreciated notes issued by the bank.

  • Villeins and serfs in France rise gradually in the social scale, redeem many of the onerous services of feudalism and practically acquire tenant-right on most of the plots occupied by them.

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Words Starting With

RRERED

Words Ending With

MEMEEM

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Words Starting With R and Ending With M

Starts With R & Ends With MStarts With RE & Ends With MStarts With R & Ends With EM

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With M