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Webster 1913 Edition

Requite

Re′quite′

(r?-kw?t′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Requited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Requiting
.]
[Pref.
re-
+
quit
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Requite

REQUI'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[from quit, L. cedo.]
1.
To repay either good or evil; in a good sense, to recompense; to return an equivalent in good; to reward.
I also will requite you this kindness. 2Sam. 2. 1Tim. 5.
In a bad sense, to retaliate; to return evil for evil; to punish.
Joseph will certainly requite us all the evil which we did to him. Gen. 1.
2.
To do or give in return.
He hath requited me evil for good. 1Sam. 25.

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