'Ransomed' definitions:
Definition of 'ransomed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Saved from the bondage of sin [syn: ransomed, redeemed]
adjective
Reclaimed by payment of a ransom
Definition of 'Ransomed'
From: GCIDE
- Ransom \Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransomed (-s[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransoming.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See Ransom, n.]
- 1. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. --Berners. [1913 Webster]