Requite



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 报答; 报复
• ［英］ v. 报答 ( repay) ; 报复 ( to make retaliation)
• ［类］ 反义词: leave unrepaid ( 不予回报)
• ［例］ requite kindness with ingratitude ( 以怨报德)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (~d; requiting)

• Etymology: re- + obsolete quite to quit, pay, from Middle English quiten — more at quit
• Date: 1529
• 1.
  • a. to make return for ; repay
  • b. to make retaliation for ; avenge
• 2. to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury
• Synonyms: see reciprocate
• ? ~r noun

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