Recompensed
[rekəm,penst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Recompense
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Examples
- He was happy in the return he had made her, he was recompensed for his suffering, he was proud of his strength. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The circumstances of gardeners, generally mean, and always moderate, may satisfy us that their great ingenuity is not commonly over-recompensed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In point of pecuniary gain, all things considered, they are generally under-recompensed, as I shall endeavour to shew by and by. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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