All 3 Uses of
recompense
in
The Hobbit
- From whom should we claim the recompense of our damage, and aid for our widows and orphans?†
Chpt 14 *
- Men spoke of the recompense for all their harm that they would soon get from it, and wealth over and to spare with which to buy rich things from the South; and it cheered them greatly in their plight.†
Chpt 14
- They aided you in your distress, and in recompense you have thus far brought ruin only, though doubtless undesigned.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(recompense) to compensate for loss
or more rarely: to pay or reward