All 6 Uses of
recompense
in
The Aeneid
- Yet, for his galley sav'd, the grateful prince Is pleas'd th' unhappy chief to recompense.†
Book 5 *
- But when the rage of hunger was repress'd, Thus spoke Evander to his royal guest: "These rites, these altars, and this feast, O king, From no vain fears or superstition spring, Or blind devotion, or from blinder chance, Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance; But, sav'd from danger, with a grateful sense, The labors of a god we recompense.†
Book 8
- Our absent prince both camp and council mourn; By message both would hasten his return: If they confer what I demand on thee, (For fame is recompense enough for me,) Methinks, beneath yon hill, I have espied A way that safely will my passage guide.†
Book 9
- Then into tears of joy the father broke; Each in his longing arms by turns he took; Panted and paus'd; and thus again he spoke: "Ye brave young men, what equal gifts can we, In recompense of such desert, decree?†
Book 9
- This son of Dolon bore his grandsire's name, But emulated more his father's fame; His guileful father, sent a nightly spy, The Grecian camp and order to descry: Hard enterprise! and well he might require Achilles' car and horses, for his hire: But, met upon the scout, th' Aetolian prince In death bestow'd a juster recompense.†
Book 12
- These are the gifts you bring from haughty Jove, The worthy recompense of ravish'd love!†
Book 12
Definition:
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(recompense) to compensate for loss
or more rarely: to pay or reward