retaliate
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"Retaliate, then," said he, "this fancied wrong by doing likewise."
From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah Webster
Retaliate, rē-tal′i-āt, v.t. to return like for like: to repay.—v.i. to return like for like.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Retaliate, if you wish, if you can; but you will not, you cannot.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
I can, it seems, Retaliate quickly on my rigid judge And what I have deferred so long to tell, Your majesty, perhaps, would willingly Longer defer to hear.
From Don Carlos by Schiller, Friedrich
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The Alchemist
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Grade 9, List 6
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