With personal object (originally dative; sometimes with to). To reward, remunerate, recompense, repay. in bad sense: To take vengeance on, ‘pay out’…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender > inflict retributive punishment upon (11) yieldc1380 With personal object (originally dative; sometimes with to). To reward, remunerate, recompense, repay. in bad sense: To take vengeance on, ‘pay out’… putc1390 transitive. With to (and occasionally other prepositions). To cause to undergo or be subjected to a specified punishment, difficult circumstance… rewardc1400 transitive. To requite or repay (a person) for wrongdoing; to punish, chastise. pay?c1450 figurative. To give what is due or deserved to (a person). transitive. In a negative sense: to give (a person) what is due or deserved in respect of… vengea1470 = avenge, v. 3. Obsolete. rare. revenge?1526 transitive. To inflict punishment or take revenge upon (a person). Now rare. avenge1633 To take vengeance upon. Obsolete. to pay back1655 transitive. figurative. To give (a person) what is due or deserved in respect of his or her faults, shortcomings, misbehaviour, etc.; to chastise… to pay off1699 transitive. To give (a person) what is due or deserved in respect of his or her faults, shortcomings, misbehaviour, etc.; to take revenge on. to serve out1809 transitive. colloquial (originally slang). To treat in an unpleasant, rough, or violent way; to take revenge on (a person) for something. Cf… to pay out1849 transitive. To give (a person) what is due or deserved in respect of his or her faults, shortcomings, misbehaviour, etc.; to take revenge on. |
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