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Requiting

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
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