recompense
verb (used with object)
to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
had recompensed
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past perfectof recompense.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Motherhood had recompensed her; from Rollo's birth she had begun to dream dreams for him.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
She would have to stand before her aunt, to look her in the eyes, and to tell her how she had recompensed her love and care.
From The Precipice by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov
