资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ransom \Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ransomed}; 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.

   2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.]

            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.