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Webster 1913 Edition

Redemptory

Re-demp′to-ry

(-t?-r?)

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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.