REQUITE

requite, repay

(verb) make repayment for or return something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

requite (third-person singular simple present requites, present participle requiting, simple past and past participle requited)

(transitive) To return (usually something figurative) that has been given; to repay; to recompense

(intransitive) To retaliate.

Noun

requite

requital

Anagrams

• quieter

Source: Wiktionary

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Re"quite" (r-kwt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiting.] Etym: [Pref. re- + quit.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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