requite

_requite_

Transitive verb.

Pronunciation and accent: rɪkwaɪt.

Etymology: it is analysed into re- (as in repay) + quite, variant of the verb QUIT, which is derived from Latin quietus (= quiet), from participle of quiescere (= to be quiet), from quies (= rest, quiet).

It is dated from the beginning of 1500.

1. To make requital for; to do or give something in recompense for (a good).

Synonyms: to reward, recompense.

Translation: récompenser, in French; recompensar, in Spanish; ricompensare, in Italian.

Finding he expected from me a frankness equal to his own, I told him, that I was very certain I never could feel a truer esteem and regard than I did for him; and that I trusted by my future conduct to requite his affections as they deserved.

Elizabeth Hervey… Amabel

I feel your kindness, and wish for an opportunity to requite it.

Henry Mackenzie… Miscellaneous works

-) With the preposition with + noun of the recompense:

And though extravagant in his personal expenses, and even indulging in luxurious habits, costly as Oriental dissipation, yet Captain Riga was a niggard to others; as, indeed, was evinced in the magnificent stipend of three dollars, with which he requited my own valuable services.

Herman Melville… Redburn

The lady does not return his passion, but requites it with the highest esteem and admiration.

Southern Literary Messenger, vol. 3

-) Ironically:

John was trusted with things in general, and requited the confidence by stealing a hundred dollars, and then stealing away.

Thomas Knox… The oriental world

2. To make requital for; to do or give something in retaliation for (an evil, a wrong, etc.); to make retaliation for.

Synonyms: to avenge, retaliate, reciprocate.

This was all my recompence, except that he often desired me to be merry, as he would royally requite the wrongs he had done me, and send me home to my country with grace and rewards befitting a gentleman.

Robert Kerr… A General History of Voyages

After which, in the same yeare, the Englishmen hearing of a multitude of Spanish ships, which for want of wind were detained at Scluse, determined to enter the sea with a great power, desirous to requite the wrongs which the Spaniards had done unto them.

Raphael Holinshed… Chronicles of England

If Vasco Nunez felt scorn for Garabito, the latter requited it with a hatred equally unqualified, though less fearlessly expressed.

William Simms… The Damsel of Darien

3. To make requital to (a person) for some good, service, etc..

Synonyms: to recompense, reward.

-) With the preposition with + noun of the recompense:

The vulgar disrespect and parsimonious remuneration with which the teacher is sometimes requited.

Claude Marcel… Language as a means…

She became his teacher, playmate, and monitor; and he requited her with a prodigality of love and admiration.

Margaret Ossoli… Memoirs

-) With the preposition for + the thing for which someone deserves reward:

For these services he was requited with the red ribbon.

The Mirror of Literature, vol. III

It will there apear how intrepid he was in the greatest dangers, how inshaken in the severest persecutions, how affectionate a lover of his people, and how ill he was requited for it.

The Monthly Magazine, vol. 40

It is true, that after running great risks at sea, and undergoing great pains and chances, by carrying this gold to Spain, I may be requited for my trouble, and get enough benefit to make an honest livelihood.

J. Cooper… Mercedes of Castile

4. To make retaliation on (a person) for some evil, etc..

5. To give or do in return for something; as, to requite like for like; --it is archaic.

Words derived from requite: requital, requited, requiter.

To learn or remember other words derived from Latin quies, see QUIESCE.