requite

verb (requites, requited, requiting); old use

«requite» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To requite someone is to pay them back for good or bad that they have done to you. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales, a hero repays a kindness or a wrong

Examples

I will requite your kindness one day. tree →
The king requited the boy with gold. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it usually means paying back evil, as when Joseph's brothers fear he will take revenge.

Interpretation. Jewish tradition reads Joseph's forgiveness as a model of not taking revenge, and Moses' question shows God's goodness is not to be repaid with ingratitude.

Examples

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? (Torah DEU.32.6, JPS 1917) tree →
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.' (Torah GEN.50.15, JPS 1917) tree →
If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness; (Writings PSA.7.5, JPS 1917) tree →
He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities. (Writings PSA.103.10, JPS 1917) tree →
Say not thou: 'I will requite evil'; wait for the LORD, and He will save thee. (Writings PRO.20.22, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

To pay someone back, whether for good or for bad things they have done. tree →

Then and now

No longer used in everyday speech; today we say repay. The sentences use the same sense as the dictionary, but the word itself is old.

Examples

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? (Torah DEU.32.6, JPS 1917) tree →
And now we have requited thee thy service, Ivan Golik, farewell!" (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) tree →
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said: 'It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.' (Torah GEN.50.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: repay.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «requite» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«requite» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «requite» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«requite» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «requite» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«requite» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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