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verb

Repay v. t. (past & past part. repaid; pres. part. repaying)

To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced. "If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums."

To make return or requital for; to recompense; in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury. "Benefits which can not be repaid... are not commonly found to increase affection."

To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.

Synonyms: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.

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"Repay" Quotes from Famous Books

... cottage? Oh, why had she let him think Dale had suggested her interfering for the Rileys—how stupid she had been! If they arrested Dale and accused him it would be her own fault. A fine way for her to repay dear, dear Mother ...

— Red-Robin • Jane Abbott

... few years, but your head is old. Your heart also is large and very brave. I and Avatea are your debtors, and we wish, in the midst of this assembly, to acknowledge our debt, and to say that it is one which we can never repay. You have risked your life for one who was known to you only for a few days. But she was a woman in distress, and that was enough to secure to her the aid of a Christian man. We, who live in these islands of the sea, know that the true Christians always act thus. ...

— The Coral Island - A Tale Of The Pacific Ocean • R. M. Ballantyne

... afford more real gratification to those for whom they are intended, and excite more gratitude towards your own person, than all the costly gifts which you lavish upon individuals who, as I well know, only repay your profuse liberality ...

— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe

... account speak of your stomach. They went for a week-end to "Hazelhurst," the home of the Dowager Duchess of Danbury, whose son van Tuiver, had entertained in America, and who, in the son's absence, claimed the right to repay the debt. The old lady sat at table with two fat poodle dogs in infants' chairs, one on each side of her, feeding out of golden trays. There was a visiting curate, a frightened little man at the other side of one poodle; in an effort to be at ease he offered the wheezing creature a bit ...

— Sylvia's Marriage • Upton Sinclair

... old parchment-bound books. It is a perfect wilderness of curiosity to me. What a deep-felt, quiet luxury there is in delving into the rich ore of these old, neglected volumes! How these hours of uninterrupted intellectual enjoyment, so tranquil and independent, repay one for the ennui and disappointment too often experienced in the intercourse of society! How they serve to bring back the feelings into a harmonious tone, after being jarred and put out of tune by the collisions ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

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