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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Requite \Re"quite"\ (r?-kw?t"), v. 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.
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