requite
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English: re- + quite (to clear, pay up)
[edit] Verb
requite (third-person singular simple present requites, present participle requiting, simple past and past participle requited)
- To return in kind; To repay; to recompense; to reward.
- 1925, Franz Kafka, The Trial, Vintage Books (London), pg. 91:
- He bowed slightly to K.'s uncle, who appeared very flattered to make this new acquaintance, yet, being by nature incapable of expressing obligation, requited the Clerk of the Court's words with a burst of embarrassed but raucous laughter.
- 1925, Franz Kafka, The Trial, Vintage Books (London), pg. 91:
- To retaliate.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to repay, recompense, reward
to retaliate
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] References
- requite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- requite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
