Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RAN'SOM
RAN'SOM, v.t. [Sw. ransonera; Dan. ranzonerer; Fr. rançonner; Arm. rançzouna.]
- To redeem from captivity or punishment by paying an equivalent; applied to persons; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
- To redeem from the possession of an enemy by paying a price deemed equivalent; applied to goods or property.
- In Scripture, to redeem from the bondage of sin and from the punishment to which sinners are subjected by the divine law. The ransomed of the Lord shall return. – Is. xxxv.
- To rescue; to deliver. – Hos. xiii.
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