About The Word Requite
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Requite
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What's The Definition Of Requite?
[v] make repayment for or return something
Synonyms | Synonyms for Requite: repay Related Terms | Find terms related to Requite: Requite In Webster's Dictionary \Re"quite"\ (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requited};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Requiting}.] [Pref. re- + quit.]
To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an
equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate;
to return (evil) for evil; to punish.
He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call
fame on such gentle acts as these. --Milton.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and
spite, to requite it with thy hand. --Ps. x. 14.
Syn: To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy;
recompense; punish; revenge.
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