requite
verb (used with object)
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
has requited
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present perfectof requite (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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Has he told you how he has requited all my father's kindness? how he has repaid his trustfulness and faith in him?
From That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever
Cupidity, jealousy, hypocrisy, these are the seeds which the careless, indolent almsgiver sows; and then, when he sees the harvest, he bitterly complains of the ingratitude which has requited his generous kindness.
From The Haunted Room A Tale by A. L. O. E.
Wizout you, sir, Great Pritain, ze land you lofed so well and zat has requited you so ill, zat land of Pharisees and reptiles, can do nozzing!—nozzing!
From The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
"The King has requited him with a title," Dick returned.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
I have served the King well, and he has requited me ill.
From The King's Assegai A Matabili Story by Bertram Mitford
