Meaning

13 senses
  1. (transitive)To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)

  2. (transitive)To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.

    belohnen, erwidern

    отпла́чиватьotpláčivatʹ, вознаграждатьvoznagraždatʹ

  3. (transitive)To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love which has been shown).

  4. (transitive)To do or give a thing in return for (something).

    make repayment for or return something

  5. (transitive)To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge.

  6. (transitive)To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare), to seek revenge for (oneself).

    vergelten

    мститьmstitʹ

  7. (intransitive)To recompense, to repay.

  8. (intransitive)To retaliate, to seek revenge.

  9. (obsolete, transitive)To greet (someone) in return.

  10. (obsolete, transitive)To make up for (something); to compensate.

  11. (obsolete, transitive)To respond to (a question, a statement, etc.).

  12. (obsolete, transitive)To take the place of (someone or something); to replace.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. There are labours which no salary can remunerate, services which no fees can requite.

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  2. The desire for love to be requited is demanded not by love but by vanity.

    ruТребование ответной любви не есть требование любви, но тщеславия.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
(transitive) to repay (a debt owed); to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.); to repay (someone) a debt owed; to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.:
(transitive) to retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.); to retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; to seek revenge for (oneself) — see also avenge:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(transitive) to repay (a debt owed); to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.); to repay (someone) a debt owed; to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.:
(transitive) to retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.); to retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; to seek revenge for (oneself) — see also avenge:

Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English requiten (“to repay”), and then partly from both o

The verb is derived from Middle English requiten (“to repay”), and then partly from both of the following:

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Forms

requites, requiting, requited, requited
Base formrequite · to requite
3rd person singularrequites
Present participlerequiting
Past simplerequited
Past participlerequited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrequite
he, she, itrequites

Past simpleLesson

all personsrequited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave requited
he, she, ithas requited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill requite

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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