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requite

[ri-kwahyt] / rɪˈkwaɪt /


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The act doesn’t requite that he sign the letter.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2019

I think that’s every girl’s dream, that this punk who doesn’t really like us and doesn’t really requite our love, that he’s going to change all the sudden.

From Time • Jan. 28, 2013

Therefore, in "the world as it is," you must requite evil with lesser evil.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2011

Did Mr. Anderson requite Ms. McKinney’s love, as she insists?

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2011

Replied Odysseus: “The young men, yes. And may the gods requite those insolent puppies for the game they play in a home not their own. They have no decency.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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