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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repay \Re*pay"\ (r?-p?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaid} (-p?d");
p. pr & vb n. {Repaying}.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf F.
repayer.]
1. To pay back to refund; as to repay money borrowed or
advanced.
If you repay me not on such a day In such a place
such sum or sums. --Shak.
2. To make return or requital for to recompense; -- in a
good or bad sense as to repay kindness; to repay an
injury.
Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not
commonly found to increase affection. --Rambler.
3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.
Syn: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate;
remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
repay
v 1: pay back "Please refund me my money" [syn: {refund}, {return},
{give back}]
2: make repayment for or return something [syn: {requite}]
3: act or give something in recognition of someone's behavior
[syn: {reward}, {pay back}]
4: answer back [syn: {retort}, {come back}, {return}, {riposte},
{rejoin}]
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