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re·quite
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rɪˈkwaɪt
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verb (used with object),
re·quit·ed,
re·quit·ing.
1.
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
2.
to make retaliation for (a wrong, injury, etc.); avenge.
3.
to make return to (a person, group, etc.) for service, benefits, etc.
4.
to retaliate on (a person, group, etc.) for a wrong, injury, etc.
5.
to give or do in return.
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Origin:
1520–30;
re-
+ obsolete
quite,
variant of
quit
Related forms
re·quit·a·ble,
adjective
re·quite·ment,
noun
re·quit·er,
noun
un·re·quit·a·ble,
adjective
un·re·quit·ing,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
repay, reward, recompense, compensate, pay, remunerate, reimburse.
2.
revenge.
Antonyms
2.
forgive.
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To make slow; delay the development or progress of an action, process, etc.; hinder or impede.
to buy or pay off; clear by payment:
The killing of a king or sovereign.
Grossly offensive.
Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
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requite
(rɪˈkwaɪt)
—
vb
(
tr
) to make return to (a person for a kindness or injury); repay with a similar action
[C16:
re-
+ obsolete
quite
to discharge, repay; see
quit
]
re'quitable
—
adj
re'quitement
—
n
re'quiter
—
n
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Word Origin & History
requite
1529, from M.E. re- "back" + quite "clear, pay up" (see
quit
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
They, in turn,
requite
with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations.
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