requite, repay
(verb) make repayment for or return something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
requite
requital
• quieter
Source: Wiktionary
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
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
