requite
verb (used with object)
to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
requiting
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present participleof requite.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Not requiting any encouragement to get out of his seat was Fernandez's fitness coach, who would leap and shout, pointing fingers or waving clenched fists.
From Fox News ● Sep. 7, 2021
And yet, among the human lovers, she is perhaps the most active, from when she betrays her friend to score points with Demetrius, her formerly requiting unrequited crush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2020
The beloved proletariat, so requiting during hard times, had, at first opportunity, run off with capitalism's traveling salesman.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Nay, that would be requiting me ill—returning evil for good—to take the wind out of my sails and make my news stale,” returned the Trader, with a good-natured laugh.
From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He was grateful for favors, though somewhat capricious in his modes of requiting them.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
