RECOMPENSED

Verb

recompensed

simple past tense and past participle of recompense

Source: Wiktionary


RECOMPENSE

Rec"om*pense (rèk"òm*pèns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recompensed (-pnst); p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing (-pn`sng).] Etym: [F. récompenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.]

1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak.

2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for. God recompenseth the gift. Robynson (More's Utopia). To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. Milton.

3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [R.] Recompense to no man evil for evil. Rom. xii. 17.

Syn.

– To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.

Rec"om*pense (rk"m*pns), v. i.

Definition: To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]

Rec"om*pense, n. Etym: [Cf. F. récompense.]

Definition: An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return. To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. Deut. xxii. 35. And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward. Heb. ii. 2.

Syn.

– Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction; reward; requital.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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