Hypertext Webster Gateway: "requited"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Requite \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

requited
adj : returned in kind; "requited love"


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