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Requite


REQUI'TE, verb transitive [from quit, Latin 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. 2 Samuel 2:6. 1 Timothy 5:4.

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. Genesis 50:15.

2. To do or give in return.

He hath requited me evil for good. 1 Samuel 25:21.