Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Retaliate \Re*tal"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retaliated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Retaliating}.] [L. retaliatus, p. p. of
   retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio
   talion, retaliation. Cf. {Talion}.]
   To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the
   same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except
   in a bad sense.]

         One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his
         visit should be retaliated.              --Sir T.
                                                  Herbert.

         It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries
         of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we
         are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.
                                                  --Swift.