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  • 41return — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. restore, put back, bring back, echo, yield, render, reply, answer, reciprocate; nominate, elect; come back, recur, reappear, revert. See restoration. n. arrival, homecoming, reversion, recurrence,… …

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  • 42compensate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To pay] Syn. recompense, remunerate, requite; see pay 1 , repay 1 . 2. [To offset] Syn. counterbalance, neutralize, counterpoise, make up for; see offset . See Synonym Study at pay . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1.… …

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  • 43re|quit´er — re|quite «rih KWYT», transitive verb, quit|ed, quit|ing. 1. to pay back; make return for: »to requite kindness with love. The Bible says to requite evil with good. SYNONYM(S): repay, reward. 2. to make return to; …

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  • 44re|quit´a|ble — re|quite «rih KWYT», transitive verb, quit|ed, quit|ing. 1. to pay back; make return for: »to requite kindness with love. The Bible says to requite evil with good. SYNONYM(S): repay, reward. 2. to make return to; …

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  • 45re|quite — «rih KWYT», transitive verb, quit|ed, quit|ing. 1. to pay back; make return for: »to requite kindness with love. The Bible says to requite evil with good. SYNONYM(S): repay, reward. 2. to make return to; …

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  • 46Compensate — Com pen*sate (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See… …

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  • 47Compensated — Compensate Com pen*sate (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr.… …

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  • 48Compensating — Compensate Com pen*sate (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr.… …

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  • 49Gratified — Gratify Grat i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gratified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gratifying}.] [F. gratifier, L. gratificari; gratus pleasing + ficare (in comp.) to make. See { fy}.] 1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as,… …

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  • 50Gratify — Grat i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gratified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gratifying}.] [F. gratifier, L. gratificari; gratus pleasing + ficare (in comp.) to make. See { fy}.] 1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to… …

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