recompense
verb (used with object)
to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
has recompensed
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present perfectof recompense (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In giving M. Richard a son so worthy of him, the Lord has recompensed that great man, and his memory shall live amongst men.
From A Cardinal Sin by Eugène Sue
Without doubt, GOD has recompensed him for the resolution.
From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
He has recompensed you by the most astonishing of miracles, the miracle of having brought you here from so far off.
From En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
The time is worth the use on't, means, the time which we have spent in visiting Delos, has recompensed us for the trouble of so spending it.
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Samuel Johnson
"I think that your return has recompensed Nelly for everything."
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
