rewardn.
/rᵻˈwɔːd/, U.S. /rəˈwɔrd/, /riˈwɔrd/ 1. In prepositional phrases.
a. in (the) (also to the) reward of: in comparison with. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > in comparison with [phrase]
in (the) (also to the) reward of1340
(as) to or unto the regard of or toa1400
at (the) regard ofa1400
in regard ofa1400
in regard toa1400
in respect ofc1400
in respect to1526
(as) — as anything1548
come1925
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 74 (MED) Al þet eure þoleden þe holy martires..ne ys bote a beþ ine chald weter to þe reward of þe fornayse.
c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 147 Þe develes..kest on hym..most brennynge flamme, in rewarde of [?a1475 anon. tr. in respecte of; L. respectu] whiche flamme oure fire is but lewk.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3254 Of daunger cometh no blame In rewarde of my doughter shame.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 2 Oure qui[n]ta essencia is nouȝt so incorruptible as is heuene of oure lord god; but it is incorruptible in reward of composicioun maad of þe .4. elementis.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 183 Therfor the Deuil may Iustifye hym in rewarde of extorcioner.
b. in reward of: at the discretion of. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discriminate, distinguish [phrase] > at the discretion of
in reward ofc1400
c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 129 (MED) Y neuer him bitraede ne sloughe; and þerof y put me [in] rewarde of ȝour cou[r]t.
c. by reward of: by looking to. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adverb] > by attention to
by reward of?c1430
?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 21 (MED) Crist makeþ vs siker to dye for his lawe bi reward of þe blisse of heuene.
d. at one's (also the) reward: (perhaps) at a favoured place at table (perhaps that facing a more important person). Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > [adverb] > next to one at table
at one's (also the) rewardc1465
c1465 Neville Feast in R. W. Chambers 15th-cent. Courtesy Bk. (1914) 19 One Gentleman at the rewarde, and the Yeoman of the Ewrie at the seconde messe.
1551 King Edward VI Jrnl. in Lit. Remains (1857) II. 363 She dined under the same cloth of estate, at my left hand. At her reward dined my cousen Fraunces and my cousen Magret. At mine sate the French embassadour.
e. as to my reward: as it seemed to me. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > seemingly or apparently > as seemed to me
as to my rewarda1475
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 23455 (MED) As to my reward, hir hed was turned ek bakward.
2. In verbal phrases, in sense ‘regard, care, concern’. Cf. to take (also have) regard to (or of) at regard n. 3a.
a. to have reward. Obsolete.
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c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 169 (MED) Blissed he is..þat haþ part of þe first resureccioun; þai ne hane no reward [v.rr. warde, ward; Fr. garde] of þe secounde deþ.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 345 (MED) It sit every man to have Reward to love and to his miht.
c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 133 (MED) In takynge of medecyne, man hath no reward to..swetnes or bitternesse, bot only as it is most conuenient..to hele the soore or the siknesse.
a1500 (a1455) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 99 Summe of yor officers, havyng no rewarde therto, unadvisely toke..the horses of our said tenants.
a1500 ( Poems from Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) in F. J. Furnivall Wks. T. Hoccleve: Regement Princes (1897) p. liii (MED) O charite..helpe myn hunger to abate, Havyng reward vnto my pouer astate.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3087 Parys..Beheld hir full hertely, hade no rewarde To prayer ne pepull.
b. to take reward. Obsolete.
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c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3499 (MED) Of Richardis skyles þay toke reward, & alle þanne assentede..þat Richard scholde wende.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1871 (MED) Þe dede til na man tas rewarde; Ne riche ne pover he spars.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lv. 511 Owre lord..took Reward to his Good lyf.
?c1475 ( in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 577 (MED) The king..shulde susteyne his righte..not havyng nor taking rewarde unto the clamour of the peple.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 602 (MED) Thei toke no rewarde to sle the pore saisnes, but turned..thider as thei saugh the richeste apparence.
c. to give reward. Obsolete.
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1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 652 Bot to his raifand word he gaue na reward.
3.
a. The act of looking; sight, perception. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun]
i-sightc888
seneOE
lightOE
eyesightc1175
sightc1200
rewarda1382
seeingc1390
viewc1390
outwitc1400
starec1400
speculation1471
eyec1475
vision1493
ray1531
visive power1543
sightfulnessa1586
outsight1605
conspectuitya1616
visibility1616
optics1643
rock of eye1890
visuality1923
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xli. 25 Shame ȝee..fro reward [a1425 L.V. biholdyng; L. respectu] of a fornycarie womman.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 5344 (MED) Lik a theeff he made hem [sc. the cattle] go bakward, That no man sholde the tracis off hem knowe, Nor off ther passage haue no reward.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxvi. l. 177 (MED) Thus beheld sche In hym..And ypocras of hire good Reward took tho.
b. English regional (northern). A (good) colour or complexion of the face. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > [noun]
bleea1225
huec1275
colourc1300
complexion1580
reward1673
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 38 A Reward or good Reward; a good colour or ruddiness in the face, used about Sheffield.
4.
a. Estimation, valuation. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > estimated worth
rewarda1382
rate1425
appraisement1808
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xiv. 11 To the maumetis of naciouns shal not ben reward [L. respectus]; for the creaturis of God in to hate ben mad.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 194 (MED) He sent to kyng R. a stede for curteisie, On of þe best reward þat was in paemie.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 604 (MED) In Godez ryche..is vch mon payed inlyche, Wheþer lyttel oþer much be hys rewarde.
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 207 (MED) Þe wynd of prosperite norischiþ pryde..wiþ magnifiinge of hymsilf and litil reward of his neiȝbore.
b. Consideration; judgement. Cf. in reward of at sense 1b. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun]
i-mindOE
studyinglOE
mindc1300
bethinking1340
poring1340
regard1348
weighingc1380
contemplationc1390
advisementa1393
deliberationa1393
advicec1405
reckoninga1413
visement?1414
considerancec1420
advisenessc1425
revolutionc1425
rewardc1432
mind-takingc1449
umbethinkingc1450
advisednessc1475
considering1483
beholding1530
meditationa1535
pondering1535
cogitation?1542
expending1545
ponderation1556
perpending1558
well weighing1566
surview1576
reflex1593
revolve1595
lucubration1596
agitation1600
perpension1612
vizamenta1616
pensitation1623
perpensation1623
perpendment1667
ruminating1668
commentationa1670
revolving1670
reflectiona1674
introspectiona1676
propendencya1676
ponderment1728
chawing1845
c1432 in PMLA (1934) 49 456 (MED) Vp þe wuch trete was I profred..to ffor sake all hure dedys and onlych stond to þe reward of þis seyd Nicholas Bysshop dedes.
II. Senses relating to remuneration and recompense. Frequently with for.† 7. An extra supply or allowance of food, esp. bread; a fresh supply of food brought to replace that which has run out; an extra dish; (also) a dessert. Obsolete.
5. Recompense or retribution for wrongdoing; punishment, requital; (also) a fair return for such action. Frequently with due, just. Now usually with modifying word or phrase. Cf. to get, have, meet with one's deserts at desert n.1 3.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun]
wrakec825
wrechec1175
yielda1200
wrakedomc1275
vengeancea1300
hevening1303
vengement1338
wreakc1340
rewardc1350
retributiona1425
revengeancec1480
wratha1500
revengementa1513
avengeance1535
avenge1568
ultion1575
venge1587
wreck1591
nemesis1597
revanche1615
vindict1639
vindication1647
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun]
wrakec825
wrackc900
wrechec1175
yielda1200
wrakedomc1275
vengeancea1300
vengement1338
awreaking1340
rewardc1350
revengeancec1480
wratha1500
avengementa1513
revengementa1513
revengea1525
avengeance1535
avenge1568
requital1569
ultion1575
venge1587
wreck1591
revanche1615
vindict1639
payback1973
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxvii. 6 Ȝeue to hem efter her werkes and efter þe wickednesse of her fyndynges..ȝelde her rewarde [L. retributionem] to hem.
c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 221 (MED) A, sire traitoure..now shal ȝe haue þe reward þat longetyme ȝe haue diserued.
a1500 (a1400) Sir Cleges (Adv.) (1930) 449 (MED) He sowȝt after the prowȝd styward, For to yeve hym hys reward, Becavse he grevyd hym sore.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms x[i]. 6 Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne..storme and tempest: this rewarde shal they haue to drynke.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg2v He from daunger was releast,..Yet not escaped from the dew reward Of his bad deedes.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiv. xv. 517 The iust reward that our first parents receiued for their sinne.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 93 [He] had his head cut off, and felt a terrible reward for his Apostasie.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 142 Thy great Misdeeds have met a due Reward . View more context for this quotation
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. ix. §14 657 A due Reward of unconscionable Cheating.
1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. ii. vi. 177 But I shall take care that she meets a just reward; while you prepare to go home with me, for I will not leave you a moment in this scene of horror.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. i. 4 That which the vassal threatened to divulge Whose throat is choked with dust for his reward.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. ii. 31 Hanging was the reward of treason and desertion.
1905 M. E. MacGregor Duncan Polite xii. 227 She had trifled with his love because the minister's attentions flattered her, and now she was reaping her just reward.
1980 J. Irving in Fiction 6 ii. 32 Ronkers was very sympathetic to his venereal patients and did not make them feel steeped in sin or wallowing in their just rewards.
6.
a. Remuneration for (regular or extra) work done; pay, wages; (also) a payment made in remuneration for work done; a fee, a bonus. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun]
hirec1000
shipec1000
shipingc1275
servicec1300
soldc1330
wage1338
payment1370
reward1371
pay?a1400
mercedec1400
remunerationc1400
souldie1474
emolument1480
soldery1502
stipend?1518
entertainment1535
task-money1593
consideration1607
gratuitya1637
wadage1679
addling1757
solde1852
treatment1852
screw1853
time1877
money1887
wage payment1923
1371 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 10 (MED) In putura, reward, et aliis necessariis pro le clok, 4 s. 4 d.
?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 66 (MED) As he lyuede here wiþoutyn trauayle, so he shal þere lacke þe reward [v.r. rewuard] of þe peny, þat is þe endeles ioye of heuene.
1428 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 6 Mason's weages with maistre mason's rewarde... Carpenter's weages with the maistre carpenter's reward.
1466 Expenses J. Paston's Funeral in Paston Lett. (1904) IV. 227 To the Priors boteler for bred, iis. xd..To the boteler for hys reward, xxd.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 323 (MED) Loke ye say thus in euery land, And therto on this couande x ml. li. haue in youre hande To youre rewarde.
a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 2341, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 75 He discoverit him till a masoun, And till him hecht gret reward And na expenses suld be spard.
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 231 Admirallis in tyme of wear may rig to schipis for to convoy..merchandis..and to tak rewarde used and wount.
a1644 B. Twyne Musterings Univ. Oxf. in T. Hearne Chronicon Prioratus de Dunstaple (1733) II. 749 They were promised 5s. by the moneth for every man as a reward, besides his daily paye.
1710 D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus Aug. 9 Every one that did any thing towards the Inning, must now have some Reward.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. i. 370 A little school, where children may be taught for a reward so moderate, that even a common labourer may afford it. View more context for this quotation
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 152 Giving..a genteel reward to the sailors for their bravery.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 25 The House resolved to grant half-pay to the disbanded officers... The half-pay was meant to be a retainer as well as a reward.
1878 Amer. Socialist 31 Oct. 350/3 The essentials are..that the results of their industry be equitably distributed..[and] that they have their reward according to the average labor-time standard of ‘proportionalism’.
1904 E. Marshall Middle Wall xxxiv. 447 An equitable reward should be given to the menhadener for towing a ship.
1966 King's Cross Whisper (Sydney) May 2/3 Will prescribe ‘sickie’ certificates at the usual rates of reward.
b. A recompense or return given to (or received by) a person for some service, merit, or †favour, or for hardship endured. Sometimes collocated (in plural) with punishments.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun]
shipec1000
rightOE
yielda1200
hire?c1225
foryieldinga1300
tithinga1300
rentc1300
lowera1325
guerdon?a1366
recompensationa1382
retributionc1384
reward?1387
reguerdona1393
rewardon?a1400
mercimonyc1400
pensionc1400
remunerationc1400
recompensec1425
wardonc1480
salary1484
premiationa1513
requital1556
repayment1561
requite1561
renumeration1572
remisea1578
lieu1592
reguerdonment1599
gratulation1611
muneration1611
requit1786
?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 98 I wole schewe..what reward schal be ȝeue to hem þat ben..goode and trewe.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 208 (MED) Þe falce fende..watz..Of alle þyse aþel aungelez attled þe fayrest, And he unkyndely as a karle kydde a reward.
a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 124 (MED) Ambassatours..at thair departynge..most nedis haue grete giftes and rewardes.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 130 Oone of his knyghtis for his Service askyd of hym a reward.
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1304/1 Then was Judas rewarde the valure of tenne shillings of our English money.
1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. aaj Wherin the diligent reader may see the good successe and rewarde of noble and honeste enterpryses.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 244 My brother and my selfe treated with him by the way, to giue him a reward that he would dismisse vs.
1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. World in Moone 1 Those rewards and punishments by which..the balance of good and evil in this life is to be struck.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vii. 397 The King conferred the Manour of Exetland..on their Corporation, in reward of their loyalty and valour.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 124. ⁋6 He scorned to take a Reward for doing what in Justice he ought to do.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 20 May 49 She could at leisure gather her reward.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 326 The clergy had also lost the ascendency which is the natural reward of superior mental cultivation.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 342/1 The most recent reward for military merit is the Victoria Cross.
1915 Sci. Monthly Dec. 232 Both these men..had never obtained any reward for the great risk which they ran so voluntarily and praiseworthily.
1956 N. Gordimer Six Feet of Country 124 That was the usual bonsella—tip—given as a reward for extra work.
1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 38/1 It is believed that God..presides over a heavenly bet din which assesses the deeds of men and metes out rewards and punishments.
2008 Independent 28 Apr. 13/3 The rise of the service charge and the fact almost all bills were now settled by card rather than cash were denuding staff of a reward for good service, he added.
c. Hunting. A part of the carcass or entrails of the quarry, given to the hounds directly after the kill; recompense provided in this form; similarly in Falconry. Now historical and rare.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > reward for hounds
rightc1330
fee14..
hallowc1420
rewardc1425
curryc1500
quarre1562
dole1575
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 101 (MED) Þe maister of þe game shuld pulle away þe hede, and anoon oþer shuld..pulle away þe skynn and lat þe houndes come to þe reward, and þan shuld..alle þe hunters stonde a rome al about þe reward.
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. leaf e111 (MED) Yowre houndys..shall haue the bowyllis boyle with the brede, Cast vppon the grownde ther the boore was slayne, And that is calde a Rewarde.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxiii. 132 Let him stand from the rewarde, and suffer the houndes to eate it.
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. iv. 15 If the pleasure which shee takes in her reward, be the only cause that moues a hawke to come vnto the man [etc.].
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 188/1 Quarry, or Reward, is a gift or reward given the Hounds, being some part of the thing hunted.
1714 A. Stringer Experienc'd Huntsman 104 Another Observation is, Never to let a Hound that you intend to Hunt in a Park or Forrest, have the Blood or Reward of a Deer till he run for it.
1799 W. Drennan Let. to Rt. Hon. W. Pitt 38 In politics, our poor Ireland has been thrown to the hounds of party, as the reward is flung at the death of the deer, where every one pulls and tears what he can for himself.
1855 H. W. Herbert Wager of Battle iii. 41 The head was cabbaged, as it was called, and with the entrails, given as a reward to the fierce hounds.
1877 W. H. Russell Prince of Wales' Tour (1878) v. 186 The blood of the poor deer was given to the cheetahs, as a broken-up fox is the reward of the hounds.
1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone xvi. 242 As everybody knows, a quarry is a reward of entrails, etc., which is given to the hounds on the hide of the dead beast.
1969 Folklore 80 221 Presumably hounds got their reward of flesh and blood at every kill.
2006 W. P. Marvin Hunting Law 76 Later technical treatises inconsistently address the trophy head, but chiefly it features as part of the hounds' reward.
d. A sum of money offered for information leading to the solving of a crime, the detection or capture of a criminal, recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > payment for capture or return of person or property
reward1561
1561 Proclam. Elizabeth I Export of Armour 8 July (single sheet) With request to them to procure knowledge of the first Authors therof, and offer of rewarde for the same.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. v. 10 Is Proclamation made, That who finds Edward, Shall haue a high Reward, and he his Life? View more context for this quotation
1676 London Gaz. No. 1095/4 If any person or persons shall apprehend..the said Robbers..they shall have 50 l. reward.
1702 Procl. in J. McCarthy Reign Q. Anne (1905) 60 Whoever shall discover the said Daniel De Foe..so as he may be apprehended shall have a reward of fifty pounds.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 39 He should publish a Reward for the Encouragement of those that have them to bring them again.
1766 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 76/2 The king and the magistrates of that city have offered a reward of 100l. each for her re-caption.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xliv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 309 If you should promise an immense reward, I could not tell more than you now have heard.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xii. 258 Julius Handford,..for intelligence of whom a reward had been publicly offered!
1907 M. E. Braddon Her Convict v I don't think there was any reward offered. Scotland Yard is against rewards.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §490/8 Dognap, to steal a dog, usually to hold it for the reward.
2002 L. D. Estleman Black Powder, White Smoke ix. 95 They had a reader out on him in Portland, with the new reward posted.
e. Psychology. A recompense given after a particular response which reinforces learning or behaviour; the giving of such a recompense, as a method of behavioural control. Cf. secondary reward at secondary adj. 5k, punishment n. 2c.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > recompense for response reinforcing behaviour
bribe1824
reward1907
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > [noun] > by consequences > by good consequences
reward1907
1907 R. M. Yerkes Dancing Mouse vii. 100 In connection with the discussion of motives, it is an important fact that forms of reward are far harder to find than forms of punishment.
1929 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 20 173 Some experiments on the influence of the amount of food given as a reward on the rate at which young chickens learn.
1952 E. L. Hartley & R. E. Hartley Fund. Social Psychol. ix. 274 Without reinforcement or reward, no connection will be established between response and motivation.
1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. ii. 26 A most interesting series of attempts to demonstrate the acquisition of drives by reward learning has been carried out with monkeys.
1995 D. Wales & K. Howells in C. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. xii. 239 A player only requires an occasional reward of a payout to reinforce the repeated behaviour of feeding money into the machines.
f. An incentive, such as a free or discounted product or service, offered to a customer in return for repeated patronage of a business. Also occasionally: a credit accrued in return for patronage, which may be redeemed for such an incentive.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates > payment, scheme, etc.
bribe1824
incentive1948
reward1983
1983 Texas Monthly Feb. 69 (advt.) Earn rewards faster with Western's simple new frequent flyer program.
1999 J. P. Hanlon Global Airlines (ed. 2) 65 Airlines whose networks include many routes..on which passengers might seek to redeem rewards in other carriers' schemes.
2001 P. Greenberg Trav. Detective (2005) iii. 156 The American Express Membership Rewards program allows you to earn points toward a wide variety of travel, entertainment, and shopping rewards just for using your credit card.
2008 24 Hours (Toronto) (Nexis) 18 Dec. (Vancouver ed.) (Lifestyle section) 14 There are four easy ways that individuals can earn points faster and redeem those points for rewards like cordless phones, treadmills and home decor.
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the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > rations > [noun] > extra
reward1440
exceeding1630
regale1793
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > rear
back-wardc1275
rearwarda1325
reredosc1400
reward1440
back-guardc1470
rearguard1481
arrière-guard1489
retroguard1574
arrear-ward1579
forlorn hope1579
train1598
back1600
rear1604
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 431 Rewarde, at mete, whan fode fallythe [v.r. faylyth] of the seruyce, auctorium.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 431 Rewarde, yn þe ende of mete, of frutys, impomentum.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 421 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 312 When brede faylys at borde aboute, The marshalle gares sett with-outen doute More brede, þat calde is a rewarde.
1523 in Ann. Reg. 1758 (1759) 267/1 At dyner, a pese of beyf, a stroke of roste, and a rewarde at our said kechyn.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 262/2 Rewarde of meate, entremetz.
1725 J. Strype Ann. Reformation (ed. 2) II. App. 140 The Pope did send them a Reward of every dish of Meat that was upon his own Table.
Phrases
P1. to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward and variants: to go to heaven, to die. Also in ironic use.
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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
1703 E. Wetenhall in W. Hamilton Life J. Bonnell 221 He is gone to his Reward in that Heavenly Kingdom.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 165 A learned and exemplary old clergyman, who many years ago went to his reward followed by the regrets and blessings of his flock.
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xi. 147 Dr. Grey saw that she had seized the weird ‘Vision of Virgins’, and was putting into pigment that solemn phantasm of the poet's imagination where five radiant women were passing to their reward.
1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi li. 503 He went to his reward, whatever it was, two years ago.
1896 J. Curtin tr. H. Sienkiewicz Quo Vadis lxx. 521 He went to his reward like a conqueror.
1949 G. Davenport Family Fortunes iii. iv. 266 It was lucky for Mrs. Wilkens, Lou Belle thought, that her grandfather Aaron Toler had passed to his reward.
1975 D. Lodge Changing Places ii. 49 His beloved parent had passed to her reward from this very bed.
1977 D. Williams Treasure by Degrees ii. 19 When the old baggage was finally called to her reward..his own temporal benefit would be substantial.
2009 Ireland's Eye Jan. 42/4 Roddy Doyle, Edna O'Brien and John Banville.., happily, are still with us. However, others have passed to their eternal reward, as they say.
P2. without fee or reward: see fee n.2 10b.
Compounds
C1.
a. attributive. Designating areas of the brain in or near the hypothalamus which, when stimulated, cause an organism to have sensations of pleasure, as reward cell, reward centre, reward system, etc.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > as (supposed) seat of faculty > seats of specific faculties
sensorium1613
sensitory1649
sensory1653
sensoriolum1715
respiratory centre1841
Broca1875
writing centre1878
speech-centre1881
heat-centre1884
speech area1885
pleasure centre1892
language area1898
motorium1900
isocortex1934
visceral brain1949
satiety centre1951
limbic system1952
reward cell1956
1956 Sci. Amer. Oct. 116/3 The main question..is to determine how the excited ‘reward’ cells act upon the specific sensory-motor systems.
1962 S. S. Tomkins Affect Imagery Consciousness I. x. 392 (heading) The reward center as the center for the affect of joy.
1962 Nature 17 Nov. 699/2 If the drive system has a lower threshold than the reward system, then electrical stimulation of lesser intensity than that needed to produce learning..should prolong a habit which has already been learned.
1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. x. 186 Drugs capable of causing the release of norepinephrine..are able to increase the rate of self-stimulation when electrodes are placed in the reward center.
2005 Science 21 Jan. 349/3 Winners showed increased blood flow to the ventral striatum, a key part of the brain's reward system that involves the neurotransmitter dopamine.
2009 New Yorker 23 Feb. 46/1 When people take revenge, the same reward centers of the brain are activated that are associated with satisfying hunger, thirst, sexual appetite.
b. General attributive (in singular or plural), in sense 6f, as reward point, rewards programme, etc.
ΚΠ
1984 Winnipeg Free Press 17 July 24 (advt.) Introducing Canada's No.1 travel rewards programme.
1991 High Life (Brit. Airways) May 7/3 Latitudes is quite simply the best rewards programme for the UK frequent traveller.
1997 Grocer (Nexis) 23 Aug. 8 Sainsbury is offering those who buy the diesel double reward points for one month.
2004 Ultimate Small Business Guide 206/1 Is it possible to offer some form of..reward scheme that delivers more benefits the longer they remain as your customer?
2008 Metro 28 Apr. (London ed.) 19/5 Other features will include a text alert if desired items become available, rewards points and a video section.
C2.
reward book n. a book given as a prize at school.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > books intended as gifts or prizes
presentation copy1753
prize book1798
souvenir1798
reward book1801
leaving book1829
gift-book1834
society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > teaching aids > reward for good work
prize1752
reward book1801
gold star1886
star1890
1801 S. Trimmer Œconomy Charity I. App. 326 Reward books are bestowed upon three girls in the head class, for the highest numbers in the marking Book.
1820 F. Westley's Catal. 1 May The following Catalogue of Reward-books.
1865 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman I. iii. 82 A summary pawning of all poor Lovedy's reward books.
1977 W. Feaver When we were Young 92/1 The cheap, spongy paper of reward books and annuals.
2002 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 19 Dec. 57 Reward books were presented by Mary Ford, Sunday school treasurer for many years.
reward card n. (a) a certificate, issued esp. by a school, recognizing a person's good character, performance, attendance, etc. (now rare); (b) = loyalty card n. at loyalty n. Additions.
ΚΠ
1844 Eng. Jrnl. Educ. 2 271 ‘Reward Cards’... The cards are already considered as testimonials of character for service, or other employments, increasing in value every year they may be signed.
1936 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 19 June 3/5 At the closing sessions the reward cards for perfect attendance etc. were given out.
1993 Hays (Kansas) Daily News 22 Feb. 5/3 (advt.) Stop in at Gullivers on the mall to pick up your ‘Readers Reward Card’.
2009 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 26 June (Nuneaton ed.) 36 Soon there will be a reward card offering 10 per cent discount.
reward claim n. Australian Mining (now historical) a claim granted to a person who find a new source of gold in a particular area.
ΚΠ
1876 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 1 608 The Plaintiffs' predecessors were, therefore, clearly entitled to a prospecting or reward claim for their discovery of gold.
1944 M. J. O'Reilly Bowyangs & Boomerangs 11 A Reward Claim is granted to a prospector for finding new ground carrying payable gold, outside a specified distance from an existent goldfield.
2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 29 May (Travel section) 6 Hannan lodged a reward claim, news got around, and Kalgoorlie quickly became one of Australia's richest goldfields.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
rewardv.
/rᵻˈwɔːd/, U.S. /rəˈwɔrd/, /riˈwɔrd/ I. To give as a reward or recompense, to requite, and related senses.
1. transitive. To assign or give (something) to someone as a reward or recompense. Now rare.In later use (often after the Psalms) frequently with good or evil as direct object.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)] > give as a reward
rewarda1325
recompense1422
stipend1490
guerdon1881
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) v. 6 Ant ȝif þulke to woem þe tressepas is idon wolleth siwen þe harmes þat a habbeth ihaued, sullen ben hoem rewarded ant returned duble.
c1390 (?a1300) Stations of Rome (Vernon) (1867) i. l. 100 (MED) Pope Vrban, þat holy syre, So rewardede men heore huyre.
1394 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 185 (MED) It es my will that yhe reward sumwhat to ilkane of my servandes that hafe bene wyth me that yhe se that gude es.
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 12 (MED) He þat is vntreu to his Lorde, Ouþer in dede or in word, Þe law wyl hym reward Deþ to his mede.
a1450 Castle of Love (Bodl. Add.) (1967) 1661 (MED) Receyuyth þe blysfull ioy..That to ȝow byth rewarded wiþoutyn endenge.
c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 14 (MED) The said king was taken prisoner..for whois raunson..king Edwarde rewarded the Prince xx Ml. li. sterlinges.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 756 (MED) Hit behoueth to helpe at thys nede, And aftyr thys shall Vertu rewarde yowre mede.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxvii[i]. 20 They that rewarde me euell for good, speake euell of me.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xxiv. 17 Thou hast rewarded mee good, whereas I haue rewarded thee euill. View more context for this quotation
c1650 Metrical Ps. Scotch Ch. vii. 4 If I rewarded ill to him.
1846 Hood's Mag. Jan.–June 448 Thou art a foul-tongued son of Baal; but shall we not, as saith that worthy saint, Jeremy Pray-seven-times-a-day, reward good to the trespassers?
1881 W. H. Hutchings tr. St. Bonaventure Life of Christ lxxv. 253 If I have rewarded evil to him who dealt friendly with Me, then let Mine enemy take Me.
1911 C. E. Stewart & B. Stewart Through Persia in Disguise i i. xiii. 314 Do not men reward evil to animals for the good they do them?
1984 D. Willinger & L. Deneulin tr. R. Kalisky in Anthol. Contemp. Belgian Plays 454 Even though I thought to kill you, thou has rewarded me good whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
2. † c. transitive. To give (a person, or each of a group of people) a small bequest under the terms of a will. Obsolete.† d. transitive. To serve with food. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To repay, requite, or recompense (a person) for some service, merit, etc.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)]
foryield971
yield971
crownc1175
shipec1275
payc1330
to do meeda1350
rewardc1350
guerdonc1374
reguerdona1393
to do (one) whyc1400
quitc1400
recompense1422
salary1477
merit1484
requite1530
requit1532
reacquite1534
to pay home1542
remunerate1542
regratify1545
renumerate?1549
gratify?c1550
acquit1573
consider1585
regratiate1590
guerdonize1594
munerate1595
regratulate1626
reprise1677
sugar-plum1788
ameed1807
recompensate1841
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 192 (MED) Make my [read þy] seruauntes to be rewarded wyþ glorie euerlastand.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 171 Bot he rewarde him for his dede, So as he mihte of his godhiede.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 49 Scho was wele rewarded, as scho was wele worthy.
c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) l. 16248 (MED) Þe man..with hym wentt forto be wele reward.
a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 136 (MED) For lakke off money, the kyng than rewarded þam with lande.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. xix. f. lij I requyre and praye the..that thow wylt reward me of the grete seruyse whiche I haue done to the.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lix. 204 I abandonyd to you all that I had; yll it hath ben employed without ye rewarde me better.
1567 J. Pikeryng Hist. Horestes (Brandl) 491 Soffer him not for to depart, tyll well reward he be.
1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. Q2v All these I knewe and many moe,..That for their trauels were rewarde.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 129 There is remuneration, for the best ward of mine honour, is rewarding my dependants. View more context for this quotation
1613 W. Adams Let. 1 Dec. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory in Japan (1991) I. 110 God reward you and, yf it bee His will, mak me abell to requit it.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 183 To Reward those that aspire to greatnesse.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xvi. 27 Then I will reward those that were faithful to me.
1744 J. Harris Three Treat. i. 3 I shall think myself well rewarded in the Labour of reciting.
1758 F. Fauquier Let. 25 June in G. Washington Papers (1988) V. 241 I promised those [sc. Nottoway and Tuscarora Indians] that shd behave well and signalize themselves should be rewarded with a breast plate. Brass seems to content them.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 218 He..Consults all day your int'rest and your ease, Richly rewarded if he can but please.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 83 Sir Edward publicly apostatized, and was rewarded with the command of a regiment of foot.
1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 224 The toil is forgotten when the highest point is attained, for a magnificent view rewards the traveller.
1928 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 10/6 The entire public services [in Yugoslavia] have come to be regarded as existing to enable political leaders to reward their followers for party services.
1977 China Now July–Aug. 3/3 The sex-roles are traditionally presented and the girl who helps Mummy to hang out the washing is rewarded.
2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers vii. 299 And who was that Italian the Borgia pope rewarded with a high office for proving the family descended from Isis and Osiris?
b. transitive. Hunting. To present (a hound or hounds) with part of the carcass or entrails of the quarry directly after a kill. Cf. reward n. 6c. Similarly in Falconry. Now historical and rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > give to hounds or hawk
rewardc1400
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1610 He hewes of his [sc. a boar's] hed..Braydez out þe boweles, brennez hom on glede, With bred blent þer-with his braches rewardez.
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 8 Whan þe herte is spaied and dede, he vndoþ hym and makeþ hys kyrre and enquirreth or rewardeth his houndes.
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. Biiij (MED) If she will forsake the fowle..and com..rewarde yowre hawke with the Brayne and the necke.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 315v Suche as in the warres faule by any meanes into the handes of theyr enemies..are partely sacrificed to the Idoles, and the residue gyuen to the souldiers to bee eaten, in lyke maner as wee rewarde dogges and haukes with parte of theyr pray.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 134 Call hir to your fist wyth meate.., and when she commeth rewarde hir well.
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. v. 18 So reward her with cleanlie feed.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. xii. 38/2 If she stoop to it, reward her well with some Bits of clean and sweet Meat.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Fox-hunting Reward them with nothing belonging to the Fox, for 'tis not good, neither will they eat it.
1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 47/1 When you have thus hired the hawk, and rewarded her with warm meat, carry her in the morning to some bank and hold her in the sun until she has endured her gorge.
1825 ‘M. O'Tara’ Thomas Fitz-Gerald I. xviii. 352 The huntsman, having straight rewarded the hounds with the paunch for their quarry, flung the stag across his horse.
1877 C. Tongue Rec. of Chase (new ed.) i. 11 Masters of harriers in the nineteenth century are wont to preserve the carcass for their own cuisine, and think it quite sufficient to reward the hounds with the paunch.
1909 W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman in Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (new ed.) 209 The limers were rewarded after the other hounds, but they were never allowed to take their share with the pack.
1952 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 10 204/2 The huntsmen sound the mort, and the hounds are rewarded with prized titbits.
2006 W. P. Marvin Hunting Law Medieval Eng. Lit. iii. 118 Technically speaking, the curée, rewarding the hounds on the stag's hide, was almost always conducted in the field so as to whet their hunger for the chase to its keenest edge.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > give something out of a legacy
reward1444
1444 Will in Publ. Somerset Rec. Soc. (1903) 19 343 (MED) Item, to every yoman in houshold nought rewarded, vj s. viij d.
?1484 Will of Margaret Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 388 I wull that ich of myn other godchilder be rewarded by th'avyse of John Paston my sone.
?a1700 in Anc. Ordinances & Staute Laws Isle of Man (1821) 47 Then the Ordinary shall make..his next of Kindred..to be lawful Executors: and the base begotten to be rewarded of Charity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] > serve person
servec1275
to serve forth1381
rewarda1495
to carve toa1533
to serve in1629
help1688
a1495 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) *38 When my lady is served of the seconde course,..the chamber is rewarded and the hall with breade and ale, after the discretyon of the usher.
3. † a. transitive. To make up for (something lacking); to compensate for. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for
restorea1325
to make good1389
boot1393
rewarda1398
supplya1398
to make up1472
upset1513
to fetch again1535
redeem1590
balance1594
pay1596
unpay1600
to make out1610
requitea1613
to pay home1625
encourage1628
compensate1646
compensate1656
reprise1662
to take up1662
to fetch up1665
to pay off1717
indemnify1750
to bring up arrears1788
equalize1866
reparate1956
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 185 What lakkeþ in þis londe in quantite of space is rewarded and recouered [L. recompensat] in godenesse of grounde.
b. transitive. To provide recompense for (a service, merit, exertion, etc.); to requite, make return for.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)] > specifically a service or good deed
quita1375
deservec1385
reward?a1425
requitec1440
thanka1500
remunerate1523
reacquite1534
gratulate1612
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 201 (MED) Sche [sc. the soul] schal seeme þat her affeccyoun and desier is alwey rewardid.
c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 156 (MED) He rewardith þe chastite of wedehode with sixtifold frute.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lvi. 189 The grete seruyce..shall be euen ryght well rewarded.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 201 Rome..did..reward..their temperancy vsed in abstaining from wine.
a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1664) 110 A crop of cares rewarding your labour with remorse.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 51 That Crop rewards the greedy Peasant's Pains. View more context for this quotation
1754 S. Foote Knights Prol. The pious Boy, his Father's Toil rewarding, For Thousands throws a Main at Covent-Garden.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 179 Still happier, if he till a thankful soil, And fruit reward his honorable toil.
1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords ix. 186 The discovery, when made, would not at all reward the labour expended in the search.
1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iv. 113 The most upright and virtuous intentions are not always rewarded by happiness in proportion.
1922 St. Nicholas May 681/2 My efforts were finally rewarded, and I was able to drive across the corner and land on the fairway on the other side.
1978 B. Arnold Singer at Wedding ix. 215 The prince arrived;..the glass slipper was matched with its missing partner; beauty and goodness were rewarded.
2007 A. Smith Girl meets Boy 121 At Pure we will reward more than anything your ability to look good, look right, say the right thing.
4. † b. transitive. To pay back (injury or wrong) to a person; to visit upon one. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To requite or repay (a person) for wrongdoing; to punish, chastise.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > pay (a person) back
to quit or yield (one) his whilec1400
rewardc1400
pay?c1450
requite1534
to pay back1655
to pay off1699
to pay out1849
to get back at (also now less commonly on)1886
society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender > inflict retributive punishment upon
yieldc1380
putc1390
rewardc1400
pay?c1450
vengea1470
revenge?1526
avenge1633
to pay back1655
to pay off1699
to serve out1809
to pay out1849
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 129 (MED) Resoun shal rekne with hym..And putten..in purgatorie to brenne, For his arrerages rewarden hym þere to þe daye of dome.
1451 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Royal) (1893) 275 (MED) God sayde he schulde rewarde sone Ilke man after he had done.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. iv. f. lxxx Who so euer rendreth euylle for good, he shalle therof iustly be rewarded.
1519 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 269 One of them..sawe there were no dogges nor bryborse in ye Churche, bot tha wolde rewarde thame.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxijv They were rewarded with the losse of their heades.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. iii. 39 The Lord shall reward the doer of euill, according to his wickednesse. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 413 Servil mind Rewarded well with servil punishment! View more context for this quotation
1734 G. Sale tr. Koran xlvi. 408 Wherefore this day ye shall be rewarded with the punishment of ignominy.
1762 T. Patten King David Vindicated 117 David..rewarded with death the presumptuous Amalekite who brought the king's crown.
1828 W. Irving Life C. Columbus (1849) III. 135 He..ordered the brawling ruffian to be rewarded with a hundred lashes, which were taled out roundly to him upon the shoulders.
1892 Field 19 Mar. 424/2 The man who expects one variety of..corn, to ‘make’—i.e., to get fit for stacking exactly as another would, will be rewarded by a ‘rick afire’.
1989 P. Ustinov Disinformer (1990) 61 Hilary realized for the first time with what refined cruelty Britain rewarded her ill-wishers.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > repay (an injury)
pay?c1450
rewardc1475
quitc1515
requite1529
requit1532
quittance1590
retaliate1606
c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 19 (MED) He shuld rewarde the this route, and I con rede o-ryȝte.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges ix. 57 All the euell of the men of Sichem, dyd God rewarde them vpon their heade.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Hosea iv. 9 I wil visit their wayes vpon them, and rewarde them their dedes.
1851 W. Pringle tr. J. Calvin Comm. Bk. Isaiah II. (iii. 11) 433 Wo to the wicked man! It shall be ill; For according to the works of his hands Shall it be rewarded to him.
1894 W. Morris & E. Magnússon tr. S. Sturluson Stories Kings of Norway II. 99 I shall fare into Norway and waste that land with point and edge, and burn all up, and thus reward them their untrustiness.
c. transitive. To punish (wrongdoing).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)]
threac897
tighta1000
beswinkc1175
punisha1325
chastise1362
paina1375
justifya1393
wage1412
reformc1450
chasten1526
thwart over thumba1529
chastifyc1540
amerce?1577
follow1579
to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584
finea1616
mulcta1620
fita1625
vindicate1632
trounce1657
reward1714
tawse1790
sort1815
to let (a person) have it1823
visit1836
to catch or get Jesse1839
to give, get goss1840
to have ita1848
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
to give (one) snuff1890
soak1892
give1906
to weigh off1925
to tear down1938
zap1961
slap1968
1714 Hue & Cry 1 Priest-catching..The Damndest Trade none but a Rogue e're follows, Ever rewarded with a Rope and Gallows.
a1791 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Poet. Wks. (1868) VIII. 181 Jesus is my God, the Lord My rock and refuge is, He shall their wickedness reward, And all our foes oppress.
1840 Dublin Univ. Mag. Feb. 240/2 Your extravagant madness and folly have been sternly rewarded.
1882 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 9 733 The crime of heresy was rewarded by every possible suffering, and finally with death.
1934 L. Charteris Boodle ii. 43 The manipulation of the form of racehorses is a hideous crime, to be rewarded with expulsion from the most boring clubs and other forms of condign punishment.
1996 Tribune 21 June 5/4 Mild remarks on legalising cannabis or downgrading the Royal Family are rewarded with a sharp, corrective clip.
5. intransitive. To make recompense; to provide a reward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > give a reward or make recompense [verb (intransitive)]
rewardc1400
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 316 (MED) After þe dede þat is don, one dome shal rewarde Mercy or no mercy.
c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) 14640 (MED) Sen non þer werkes may wytt..Pray god to ordand yt and reward als hym lyst.
a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 469 And fo[r] gude deid reward ay mychttelie.
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. C4 These needie slaues can reward with nothing but a cap and a knee.
1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. C3 To employ with countenance, and encouragement, but reward with answer and disgrace.
1866 G. Wyard Devout & Explanatory Refl. iv. 679 The righteous are the Lord's delight, He will reward with what is right.
1869 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 28 Aug. 95/1 The effort will reward with a sweet sense of progress, it will inspire and charm with a new knowledge.
1917 N. O. Shively U Bk. xv. 144 Love will reward with love; hate, with hate; selfishness, with selfishness.
1937 Amer. Home Apr. 98/4 Even one or two [evergreens] in the corner of a little yard will reward with spicy odor, shade, winter verdure, and shelter and food for birds.
1983 S. G. Clemens Sun's not Broken 114 They reward with cookies and punish with slaps or a dark, isolated room.
6. transitive. To regard, heed, consider; to look at or observe; to pay attention to. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)]
yemec897
understandc1000
beseea1225
heeda1225
bihedec1250
tentc1330
to look into ——c1350
rewardc1350
undertakea1382
considerc1385
recorda1393
behold?a1400
receivea1425
advertc1425
attend1432
advertise?a1439
regard1526
respect1543
eye?c1550
mind1559
panse1559
to take knowledge of1566
to consider of1569
suspect1590
pass1609
matter1652
watch1676
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold
to look to ——eOE
showeOE
lookeOE
lookOE
behold971
beseec1000
seeOE
to see on ——OE
yseeOE
yseeOE
belookc1175
to look against ——c1225
to lay eyes onc1230
biwaita1250
holde1303
aseea1325
to see upon ——a1350
rewardc1350
to look of ——?c1400
eyea1425
visage1450
aviewa1513
gove1513
regard1523
to look unto ——1545
respect1567
survise1600
aspect1610
reflect1611
inspeculate1694
spectate1709
to look for ——1786
deek1825
lookit1908
lamp1916
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 93 Þye senne schal sle þe Ȝyf þou rewardest þyne eldrynges nauȝt.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 294 A child of þat land..Edward sauh him stand, þe Flemmynges to reward.
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 55 (MED) I recounsilide hem wiþ the blood of my sone, and þei rewarden it not.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 217 (MED) Rewarde this figure and telle vs the qualyteis..of Suche a man as this figure Presentyth.
a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 2367 (MED) Hit you behouith rewarde and behold ho shall..rule this contre.
7. transitive and intransitive. To agree; to determine or decide. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide upon [verb (transitive)]
to take (in early use (i-)nim) to redeeOE
redeOE
to take (in early use (i-)nim) redeOE
to bring to stallc1275
rewardc1380
perfix1415
determ1423
concludec1430
prefix?1523
resolve1523
affix1524
devise1548
pitch?1567
purpose1574
to resolve with oneself1578
to set down1582
settle1596
determinea1616
decision1877
predetermine1884
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 312 Hit ys rewardet ous two be twyne þat Olyuer schal wende & take þe batayl wiþ þe ȝond Sarsyne.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3463 (MED) Y wil it do; If ȝe rewardieþ, it shel be so.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 359 (MED) Þe iuge..rewardid at þe clew sulde be won of, & sho at said sothe of þe bothom sulde hafe it.
a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 256 (MED) Þai coronyd me þe kidde kynge of kene iustises..And for I rewardid euer riȝt, þai raght me the septre.
8. intransitive. To look; to give heed. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)]
lookeOE
reckOE
heedOE
turna1200
beseec1200
yeme?c1225
to care forc1230
hearkenc1230
tendc1330
tentc1330
hangc1340
rewarda1382
behold1382
convert1413
advertc1425
lotec1425
resortc1450
advertise1477
mark1526
regard1526
pass1548
anchor1557
eye1592
attend1678
mind1768
face1863
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold
belookeOE
lookeOE
beseec1000
stareOE
showOE
beholdc1175
seec1225
heedc1275
witec1320
advisec1325
to see to ——a1375
rewarda1382
to cast an eye, glance, lookc1385
blush?a1400
glift?a1400
visea1400
considerc1400
vizy1513
regard1523
spectate1709
to have a see1839
look-see1862
vision1898
screw1905
shufti1943
to take (or have) a shufti1943
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxix. 24 Feruent and gnastende he [sc. a war horse] soupeth the erthe and rewarde [a1425 L.V. arettith; L. reputat] he not to the trumpe sounende trumping.
a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 9 If..eny hauke..rewarde gladly to here game ye shull say cast your hawke ther to.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 174 (MED) Alexandyr..rewardid aboute and Sawe an olde knyght quakynge for colde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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