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"ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:",
"text": "She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst […]",
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"word": "borga bætur"
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"word": "erstatte"
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"word": "gjengjelde"
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"sense": "to give compensation",
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"code": "pt",
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},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.",
"word": "odwdzięczyć się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.",
"word": "recompensar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kompensirovatʹ",
"sense": "to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "компенсировать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmeščatʹ",
"sense": "to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возмещать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmestitʹ",
"sense": "to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "возместить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otplatitʹ",
"sense": "to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отплатить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.",
"word": "recompensar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kompensiram",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "компенсирам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obezštetjavam",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "обезщетявам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "賠償"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "péicháng",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "赔偿"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "korvata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "récompenser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "entschädigen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "launa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "borga bætur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "rekompensar"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "erstatte"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "gjengjelde"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zrekompensować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "compensar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kompensírovatʹ",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "компенси́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmeščátʹ",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возмеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmestítʹ",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "возмести́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "dìol"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give compensation",
"word": "compensar"
}
],
"word": "recompense"
}
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