owe

OWE, verb transitive o. [Gr., Eng. own.]1. To be indebted; to be obliged or bound to pay. The merchants owe a large sum to foreigners.A son owes help and honor to his father.One was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.Matthew 18:24.OWE no man any thing, but to love one another. Romans 13:8.2. To be obliged to ascribe to; to be obliged for; as, that he may owe to me all his deliverance.3. To possess; to have; to be the owner of. [This is the original sense, but now obsolete. In place of it, we use own, from the participle. See Own.]Thou dost here usurp the name thou owest not.4. To be due or owing.O deem thy fall not ow'd to man's decree.[This passive form is not now used.]OWE, verb intransitive To be bound or obliged