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Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. "Hector's redemptory price." Chapman.

Redemption. [Obs.]

Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.

To deposit again.

To descend again. Howell.

To develop again; specif. (Photog.),

The rudd.

To surpass in council. [Obs.] Men may the olde atrenne, but hat atrede. Chaucer.

A braid. [R.] Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson.

Breadth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence. To give credence to the Scripture miracles. Trench. An assertion which might easily find credence. Macualay.

rticle of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty. The great articles and credenda of Christianity. South.

Believing; giving credence; credulous. [R.] If with too credent esr you list songs. Shak.

Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. Their credential letters on both sides. Camden.

n agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discha…

The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.

To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall. Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster.

To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.

To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins.

The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]