“redeemeth” is a form of
redeem
/ɹɪˈdiːm/ verb
Forms redeems redeeming redeemed
- verb (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- verb (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- verb (transitive) To set free by force.
- verb (transitive) To save, rescue.
- verb (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame.
- verb (transitive) To expiate, atone (for).
- verb (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
- verb (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
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Etymology
From Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from red- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
- verb Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.
Etymology [F. r\'82dimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt, Ransom.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “redeem”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details