different between redemptor vs redeem

Latin

Etymology

From redim?.

Noun

red?mptor m (genitive red?mpt?ris, feminine red?mptr?x); third declension

1. contractor, undertaker, purveyor, farmer
2. redeemer (one who pays another's debt)
3. The Redeemer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• redemptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• redemptor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• redemptor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• redemptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• redemptor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• redemptor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Noun

redemptor

1. Alternative form of redemptoure

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1425, from Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redim? (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from re- (“back; again”) + em? (“buy; gain, take, procure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???di?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m
• Hyphenation: re?deem

Verb

redeem (third-person singular simple present redeems, present participle redeeming, simple past and past participle redeemed)

1. (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
2. (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
3. (transitive) To set free by force.
4. (transitive) To save, rescue
5. (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame
6. (transitive) To expiate, atone (for)
7. (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
8. (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
9. (transitive) To repair, restore
10. (transitive) To reform, change (for the better)
11. (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
12. (transitive, archaic) To reclaim

Synonyms

• (recover ownership): buy back, repurchase

Antonyms

• abandon

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• deemer, reemed