to weigh back, return by weight: Aequa pensa erae, O.—To weigh in return, pay with the same
weight: cui pro Gracchi capite erat aurum
repensum.—To ransom, redeem: auro repensus Miles (i. e. redemptus),
H.— Fig., to pay in kind, pay back, repay, requite, recompense, return,
reward: vitam servatae dote, O.: magna, make a great return, V.: fatis contraria
fata, balance, V.: Ingenio formae damna, make
compensation for, O.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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