
Noah Webster
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.