Re*deem" (r?*d?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-d&?;md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Redeeming.]
[F.
rédimer, L.
redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere,
emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf.
Assume, Consume, Exempt,
Premium, Prompt, Ransom.]
1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of
a stipulated price; to repurchase.
If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city,
then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it is sold.
Lev. xxv. 29.
2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as
an estate, or to regain,
as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. (b) (Com.) To regain by
performing the obligation
or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.
3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to
be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his
troubles.
Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the grave
Hath me redeemed.
Sandys.
4. (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and
deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the
law, being made a curse
for us.
Gal. iii.
13. 5. To make good by
performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
I will redeem all this on Percy's
head.
Shak.
6. To pay
the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone
for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.
Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem
Man's mortal crime?
Milton.
It is a chance which does redeem all
sorrows.
Shak. To redeem the time, to make the best
use of it.
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