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    requite
    /rɪˈkwʌɪt/

    verb

    • 1. make appropriate return for (a favour, service, or wrongdoing): formal "they are quick to requite a kindness" Similar avengeexact revenge forrevengeretaliate for

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of requite in English - Cambridge Dictionary

    REQUITE definition: 1. to give or do something in return for something given to you or done for you: 2. to give or do…. Learn more.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREQUITE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    REQUITE meaning: 1. to give or do something in return for something given to you or done for you: 2. to give or do…. Learn more.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › requiteRequite Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of REQUITE is to make return for : repay. How to use requite in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Requite.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishrequite verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of requite verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › requiteRequite - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To requite something is to return it. However, saying that you want to requite a gift means that you want to give something in return for it — not that you want to return the gift to the store for some quick cash.

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › requite_vrequite, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb requite, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › requiteRequite - definition of requite by The Free Dictionary

    1. a. To make return for (something done or felt) in a similar or appropriate fashion: "Pearl felt the sentiment, and requited it with the bitterest hatred that can be supposed to rankle in a childish bosom" (Nathaniel Hawthorne). b. To avenge (an insult or wrongdoing). 2. a.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREQUITE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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. SYNONYMS 1. repay, reward, recompense, compensate, pay, remunerate, reimburse. 2.

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › requiterequite - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

    requite meaning, definition, what is requite: to give or do something in return for so...: Learn more.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordREQUITE - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    Definitions of 'requite' to make return to (a person for a kindness or injury); repay with a similar action