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/ |
- requite something to give something such as love, a favour, kind treatment, etc. in return for what somebody has given you
- requited love
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from re- ‘back’ + obsolete quite, variant of the verb quit.