Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To yield up; pay; repay; requite.
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- verb to
pay back ,recompense . - verb obsolete to
reward .
Etymologies
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From Middle English foryelden ("to requite, yield up"), from Old English forġieldan ("to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit"), equivalent to for- + yield. Cognate with Dutch vergelden ("to reward, pay back"), German vergelten ("to repay, reward").
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