requite
verb (used with object)
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
have requited
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present perfectof requite.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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Jeanie saw her departure with infinite delight, though she wished that, in some way or other, she could have requited the service Madge had conferred upon her.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott
And now we have requited thee thy service, Ivan Golik, farewell!”
From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
I have returned thanks to him for it—that is, I have requited him.
From L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits by Aubrey Stewart
I will not reproach you with the manner in which you have requited the kindness of Theodoric and the Goths.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
Now, after the lapse of twenty-four years, I have requited both his untimely loss and your continued malice by saving your wretched life.
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
