requite

verb
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪt/
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they requite
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪt/
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪt/
he / she / it requites
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪts/
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪts/
past simple requited
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪtɪd/
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪtɪd/
past participle requited
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪtɪd/
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪtɪd/
-ing form requiting
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪtɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈkwaɪtɪŋ/
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  1. requite something to give something such as love, a favour, kind treatment, etc. in return for what somebody has given you回报,报以(友爱、善意等)
    • requited love得到回报的爱
    compare unrequitedTopics Feelingsc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from re- ‘back’ + obsolete quite, variant of the verb quit.