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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r[e^]k"[o^]m*p[e^]ns), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Recompensed} (-p?nst); p. pr & vb n. {Recompensing}
(-p?n`s?ng).] [F. r['e]compenser, LL recompensare fr.L.
pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See {Compensate}.]
1. To render an equivalent to for service, loss etc.; to
requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
He can not recompense me better. --Shak.
2. To return an equivalent for to give compensation for to
atone for to pay for
God recompenseth the gift. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate,
misdeed. --Milton.
3. To give in return; to pay back to pay as something
earned or deserved. [R.]
Recompense to no man evil for evil. --Rom. xii.
17.
Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
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