The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recompense \Rec"om*pense\ (r[e^]k"[o^]m*p[e^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recompensed (-p?nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing (-p?n`s?ng).] [F. r['e]compenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.]
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To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
He can not recompense me better.
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To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.
God recompenseth the gift.
--Robynson (More's Utopia).To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed.
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To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [R.]
Recompense to no man evil for evil.
--Rom. xii. 17.Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: recompense)
Usage examples of "recompensed".
Peter Chrysologus assured her, that her zeal for the Trinity had been recompensed by an august trinity of children.
Whatever had been his fears and toils in the passage of the first crusade, they were amply recompensed by the subsequent benefits which he derived from the exploits of the Franks.
Ali Pasha was killed, as you know, but before he died he recompensed the services of Fernand by leaving him a considerable sum, with which he returned to France, when he was gazetted lieutenant-general.
I cannot allow him to acquire the habit of expecting to be recompensed for every trifling service he may render.
We came to the aid of your troubled time, expecting to be recompensed and supported in proper fashion, but the manner and the amount of tithing rendered the Weyrs from Hold and Craft has left much to be desired.
Is a dragon's death truly recompensed by a length of goods or a scrawny herdbeast?