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recompenses

recompenses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recompense.

Meaning of recompense

Verb

recompense (third-person singular simple present recompenses, present participle recompensing, simple past and past participle recompensed)

  1. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
    • She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst […]1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii
  2. To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
    • The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100.
  3. (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
    • Recompense to no man evil for evil.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:17

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Questions about recompenses

What is recompenses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Recompenses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recompense.

Words near recompenses in the dictionary

  1. recompensations
  2. recompense
  3. recompensed
  4. recompenser
  5. recompensers
  6. recompenses
  7. recompensest
  8. recompenseth
  9. recompensing
  10. recompensings
  11. recompensive

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