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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·quite v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiting.]  To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.
 He can requite thee; for he knows the charma
 That call fame on such gentle acts as these.   --Milton.
    Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand.   --Ps. x. 14.
 Syn: -- To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.