1.
[syn: ransomed, redeemed]
2. reclaimed by payment of a ransom;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ransom \Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransomed (-s[u^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Ransoming.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See
Ransom, n.]
1. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or
forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or
penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners
from an enemy.
[1913 Webster]
2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so
grievously, and would tax the men two or three times
in a year. --Berners.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ransomed
adj 1: saved from the bondage of sin [syn: ransomed,
redeemed]
2: reclaimed by payment of a ransom