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▪ I. recompense, n.|ˈrɛkəmpɛns|
Also -pence.
[a. OF. recompense (13–14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. recompenser to recompense. The spelling -ence is more frequent than the etymological -ense (cf. the vb.) until the 19th c.]
1. Reparation or restitution made to another for some wrong done to him; atonement or satisfaction for some misdeed or offence.
c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 97 Tyll he haue made full seethe and recompence For hurt of my name thorough thys gret offence. 1494Fabyan Chron. ii. cxcv. 200 Fall nat to lyke offence, Leste for thy faute thou make lyke recompence. 1535Coverdale Prov. vi. 31 A thefe..maketh recompence with all the good of his house. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 36 And also make recompence and restitution unto him for the hurtes and harmes that his Normanes had done. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxviii. 248 Sin cannot be taken away by recompence. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece ii. xx. (1715) 371 This Festival is said to have been first instituted by Theseus, as a recompence of his Ingratitude to her.
2. Compensation (received or desired) for some loss or injury sustained.
1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 136 Thoght his pen purly me payis..His purse pays richely in recompense efter. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 51 There is some recompence due unto me, sithens ten of my people haue beene slaine, and but eight of this my neighbours. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 981 No mean recompence it brings To your behoof, if I that Region lost. 1770Junius Lett. xxxvi. 171 Have you secured no recompense for such a waste of honour? 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. xi. ii. 475 He may, perhaps, have looked to some recompence for the temporary sacrifice of his pride.
b. Compensation for some defect or imperfection. rare—1.
1690Locke Hum. Und. iii. xi. §15 The signification of their Names cannot be made known..by any shewing; but in recompence thereof, may be..exactly defin'd.
3. Return or repayment for something given or received.
1473Rolls of Parlt. VI. 73/1 So that the thyng soo graunted, restored, [etc.] passed not from the Kyng undre any of his Seales, afore the seid eschaunge, sale or recompense. 1526Tindale Luke xiv. 12 When thou makest a diner or a supper: call not thy frendes..lest they bidde the agayne, and make the recompence. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 7 This is to giue a dogge, and in recompence desire my dogge againe. 1667Milton P.L. v. 424 The Sun that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompence In humid exhalations. 1783Cruise Common Recoveries 116 In the preceding modes of barring estates tail..the recompense in value..was a real and bona fide recompence. 1818― Digest (ed. 2) V. 432 Seven of the petitions were by fathers upon the marriage of their sons, and an equal recompence given.
†b. In phr. in recompense of, in payment of, as an equivalent for. Obs.
1463Bury Wills (Camden) 15, I beqwethe vnto the high awter of the seid chyrche, in recompense of my dewtees to holy chirche not payed dewly, xxs. 1542Test. Ebor. (Surtees) VI. 157 In full recompence of certen landes in Methley. 1581Knaresbor. Wills (Surtees) I. 142 To my doghter..vs, in recompence of her childes porcion.
4. Compensation or return for trouble, exertion, services or merit.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xliii. 42 Alhaill almoist, Thay mak the coist, With sobir recompens. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. iii. 30 His lovely words her seem'd due recompense Of all her passed paines. 1638R. Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II) 45 This long continued state of youth is no doubt the recompence of her extraordinary vertue. 1730Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 II. 62 Renown and applause have always been the recompense of true merit. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. I. i. 55 In recompence of his labours and perseverance, he at last descried that lofty promontory. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) I. i. ii. 81 The riches which he amassed..were a recompense amply sufficient.
5. Retribution for some injury or offence.
1538Elyot, Talio, an equall peyne in recompence of a hurte. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xix. 23 b, If they would not..consent.., for theyr recompence, all they within the Castle should continue slaues. 1611Bible Ecclus. xvii. 23 Afterward he will rise vp and reward them, and render their recompence vpon their heads. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. v. 13 To dissemble what she had executed against him, for which he would one day return her a recompence according to her merit. 1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. 388 Such is the tyrant's recompense: 'tis just: He who is evil can receive no good.
▪ II. recompense, v.|ˈrɛkəmpɛns|
Also -pence, 6 Sc. -panse.
[ad. OF. recompenser (1322 in Godef.), ad. late L. recompensāre (6–7th c.), f. L. re- re- + compensāre to compensate.]
1. trans. To reward, requite, repay (a person) for something done or given. Const. for, † of (the thing done) and by, with (the return made).
1422T. Hostel in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. I. 96 Being for his said service never yit recompensed ne rewarded. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop iii. i, He wold thenne haue recompensed hym of the good whiche he had done to hym. 1555Eden Decades 160 They recompensed owre men with many rewardes. 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. iii. Wks. 1856 I. 31 Wee vowe..to recompence any man that bringeth his head. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. cclxiv, Thou who hast taught me to forgive the ill, And recompense as friends the good misled. 1718Freethinker No. 87 ⁋2 Will the Student's Labour recompence him with large Possessions? 1719De Foe Crusoe i. xix, The first Thing I did, was to recompense my original Benefactor. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 82 Thus he who acted kindly to the undeserving is recompensed in the same manner as the aider of Umm A'mir.
absol.1814Cary Dante, Purg. iv. 118 Be his To recompense, who sees and can reward thee.
b. To compensate, give compensation to (a person) for some loss or injury sustained. Also refl., and † const. of (expense).
1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 19 A man..ought to holde him self recompensed whan his aduerse partie required of him pardon. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 224 b, [He] sendeth worde to the Cities..that they shoulde recompence hym for the injuryes done. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 18 To recompense him of his expenssis..in comming to Scotland. 1653Holcroft Procopius i. 4 If I be devoured be it your part, Sir, to recompence my children for their fathers death. 1709Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Anne Wortley 5 Sept., The kindness of your last recompenses me for the injustice of your former letter. 1726Swift Gulliver i. vi, Out of his Goods or Lands the innocent Person is quadruply recompensed for the Loss of his Time. 1803J. Bristed Pedestr. Tour II. 328 We, therefore, now recompensed ourselves for the four banyan, or fasting, days which we had undergone.
2. a. To make up for, to make or give compensation for (some loss, injury, defect, etc.); † to take the place of.
1430–40Lydg. Bochas vii. v. (1554) 169 Nero..Lete bylde an house..To recompence that other that was olde. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 135 Quhethir harnes lent, and tynt in weris, suld be restorit, and recompensit agayne to the lennaris of it. 1558Goodman How to Obey 222 Whatsoeuer you lose in this world..it shall be here recompenced with double. 1639Fuller Holy War iv. iv. (1840) 181 The length of the journey will be recompensed by the goodness of the way. 1684Contempl. St. Man i. vii. (1699) 79 Another [ship] may arrive loaden with such Riches as may recompence the loss of the former. 1772Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 3 Dec., I found two letters here, to recompense my disappointment at Ashbourne. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 2 A gracious, benevolent, and all-powerful being, who would one day redress all wrongs and recompense all pain.
b. To make compensation or atonement for (a misdeed, wrong, etc.).
1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 11 To recompense suche neglygence; seuen tymes on the day we do seruice to God. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 95 b, Worthy fruicts of penance, quhairbe we recompense..the faults and sinnes of our former lyf. 1611Bible Num. v. 8 If the man haue no kinsman to recompense the trespasse vnto, let the trespasse be recompensed vnto the Lord. 1671Milton Samson 746 In some part to recompense My rash but more unfortunate misdeed. 1837Browning Strafford iv. iii, We have done Less gallantly by Strafford: well! the future Must recompense the past.
c. To make a return or requital for (something done or given).
1530Palsgr. 681/1, I recompence ones servyce or a good tourne doone to me. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. ciii. v, He doth not..recompence Unto us each offence With due revenge. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. v. (1628) 129 His death was recompensed with the slaughter of Categerne. 1754Edwards Freed. Will iii. i. (1762) 139 It is our Duty to recompense God's Goodness, and render again according to Benefits received. 1816Shelley Alastor 4 Natural piety to feel Your love, and recompense the boon with mine.
†3. To give as a recompense or return; to mete out in requital. Obs.
1473Rolls of Parlt. VI. 73/1 Grauntes made by the Kyng, of any of the premisses eschaunged, sold or recompensed by the Kyng. 1526Tindale Rom. xii. 17 Recompence to no man evyll for evyll. ― 2 Thess. i. 6 It is verely a rightewes thynge with god to recompence tribulacion to them thet trouble you.
4. intr. To make repayment, return, or amends.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 201 [The archbishop] spende so grete goodes in that solennite that unnethe the iiijthe successoure to hym recompen[se]de for the dettes. 1535Coverdale 2 Chron. xxxii. 25 But Ezechias recompensed not accordinge as was geuen vnto him. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. xi. 256 He that endamageth any manne: as the losse or hinderaunce shalbe valewed, so muste he of force recompence. 1668Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgem. a ij, This, though it..takes up longer time for their study, yet it recompenceth with great advantages. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 822 The Court found generally, that he might re-compense on any other debts. |