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This indeed was a bitter incident to him; because, in addition to the loss of his private purse and firearms--which he valued as nothing--he knew that he was responsible to government for the amount of the fines With considerable difficulty he was able to remount his horse, and with a sense of stupor, which was very painful, he recommenced his journey home.

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  1. adverb Without a doubt; certainly: very cold indeed; was indeed grateful.
  2. adverb In fact; in reality: felt sure I'd win, and indeed I did.
  3. interjection Used to express surprise, skepticism, or irony.

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  • This indeed is the only instance of their frugality, for in all other things they are prodigal, even to the beggaring of themselves: but besides this, they carry about with them a great number of idle fellows, who never learned any art by which they may gain their living; and these, as soon as either their lord dies, or they themselves fall sick, are turned out of doors; for your lords are readier to feed idle people, than to take care of the sick; and often the heir is not able to keep together so great a family as his predecessor did. —  Ideal Commonwealths
  • When, however, under the impulse of violent pain, a person happens involuntarily to sigh or groan or even shriek, this indeed is the act of a man, but, inasmuch as it is physically uncontrollable, it is not a human act. —  Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
  • This indeed was the part that Hawthorne played socially in the little community at West Roxbury. —  Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series)
  • This indeed is a delightful spot:--on the north-west rolls the majestic Mississippi, while the dark forests which clothe the numerous islands of Rock river, with its several rippling streams on the south-east, form a delightful contrast, which is rendered still more pleasing from the general declivity of the surrounding country, as it sinks gradually away to the shores of these rivers. —  Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk
  • This indeed was the plague. —  The Last Man
 

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  1. Middle English in dede, in fact : in, in; see in1 + dede, deed, fact; see deed.

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  1. from Middle English indede; being the preposition phrase in deed, sometimes with adjective in very deed, in fact: see in and deed.
 

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