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Webster 1913 Edition


Redemptory

Re-demp′to-ry

(-t?-r?)
,
Adj.
Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
“Hector’s redemptory price.”
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Redemptory

REDEMP'TORY

,
Adj.
Paid for ransom; as Hector's redemptory price.

Definition 2024


redemptory

redemptory

English

Adjective

redemptory (comparative more redemptory, superlative most redemptory)

  1. Paid as ransom; serving to redeem.
    Hector's redemptory price. Chapman.