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requite

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re·quite  (r-kwt)
tr.v. re·quit·ed, re·quit·ing, re·quites
1. To make repayment or return for: requite another's love. See Synonyms at reciprocate.
2. To avenge.

[Middle English requiten : re-, re- + quiten, to pay; see quit.]

re·quita·ble adj.
re·quiter n.

requite [rɪˈkwaɪt]
vb
(tr) to make return to (a person for a kindness or injury); repay with a similar action
[re- + obsolete quite to discharge, repay; see quit]
requitable  adj
requitement  n
requiter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.requite - make repayment for or return something
give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
pay - make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"
Translations
requite [rɪˈkwaɪt] VT (frm) (= make return for) → compensar, recompensar
to requite sb's lovecorresponder al amor de algn
that love was not requitedese amor no fue correspondido
requite
vt
(= repay) persones vergelten (+dat); actionvergelten; requited loveerwiderte Liebe
(= avenge) actionvergelten; personrächen


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I beg that you will set me free, and I will some day requite your kindness.
To her I chiefly owe my preservation in that country: we never parted while I was there; I called her my GLUMDALCLITCH, or little nurse; and should be guilty of great ingratitude, if I omitted this honourable mention of her care and affection towards me, which I heartily wish it lay in my power to requite as she deserves, instead of being the innocent, but unhappy instrument of her disgrace, as I have too much reason to fear.
Must I then be untrue to my past history; recoil before obstacles that are not serious; requite with cowardly hesitation what both the English Government and the Royal Society of London have done for me?
 
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