Meaning of debeo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to owe something, to be under obligation to and for something
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2. to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "must", "should"
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3. to be owed, to be due (when in passive voice)
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4. to have or keep from someone (in its original, etymological sense)
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Examples

“(passive voice of obligō only)”

“… nēmō sē iūdicet quicquam dēbēre quī tempus accēpit, cum interim hoc ūnum est quod nē grātus quidem potest reddere.”

[Yet] no one who receives [a gift of] time judges himself to owe anything [in return], when meanwhile this one [thing] is in fact what not even a grateful [person] is able to repay.

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